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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-19-3

…ibits produced in the proceedings, failing which they will be declared inadmissible ex officio. However, applications to intervene voluntarily, pleadings relating to remuneration accrued after the ord…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-19-2

In accordance with the second paragraph of article 446-1 of the Code of Civil Procedure , the Judgement Bureau may exempt a party who so requests from attending a subsequent hearing. In this case, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and organisation of the Referee Panel

Article R1455-2

The General Meeting of the industrial tribunal appoints each year, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 1423-3, L. 1423-5, R. 1423-11 and R. 1423-12, the employer industrial tribunal membe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and organisation of the Referee Panel

Article R1455-3

Hearings in summary proceedings are chaired alternately by an employer and an employee councillor in accordance with the conditions laid down in the rules of procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and organisation of the Referee Panel

Article R1455-1

…ary proceedings panel common to all sections of the tribunal. This panel is made up of one employee and one employer councillor.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and organisation of the Referee Panel

Article R1455-4

The rules of procedure of the industrial tribunal set the usual day and time for summary hearings. A hearing is scheduled at least once a week. When circumstances so require, the president of the indu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book V: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article 2509

In Mayotte, rights in immovable property, liens and mortgages and the rules concerning the organisation, constitution, transmission and extinction of rights in rem in immovable property and other righ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediaries and persons authorised to administer or hold financial instruments

Article L542-1

…2° of Article L. 411-2 or in Article L. 411-2-1; 2° Credit institutions established in France; 3° Investment firms established in France; 4° Legal entities whose members or partners are indefinitely a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R548-3

Natural persons who direct or manage an intermediary in participative financing must provide evidence of professional skills resulting from :1° Either a level I or II diploma attesting to higher educa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R548-2

…500-1, nor hold a management position in a person subject to any of the sanctions referred to in 3° and 7° of Article L. 612-39 and I of Article L. 612-41.

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