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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-4

…lidation decision within fifteen days of receipt of the collective agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 and the homologation decision within twenty-one days of receipt of the complete documen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-20

Before the end of the information and consultation procedure provided for in article L. 1233-30, if no takeover offer has been received or if the employer has not wished to take up any of the offers,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Role of the social and economic committee

Article L1233-57-17

…elopment of takeover projects.The expert submits his report within the timeframe set out in Article L. 1233-30.When the social and economic committee calls on the assistance of an expert, the employer…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Claims in contentious matters.

Article 57

When made by the plaintiff, the application brings the matter before the court without his adversary having been informed in advance. When it is submitted or addressed jointly by the parties, it submi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 575

If the opposition is made in the manner provided for in Article 573 (paragraph 2) it must, on pain of inadmissibility, be declared at the clerk's office of the court which handed down the decision by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 573

The opposition shall be made in the form provided for the application to the court which handed down the decision. It may be made in the form of notifications between lawyers in courts where represent…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 572

The opposition calls into question, before the same judge, the points judged by default for a new ruling on the facts and the law.The judgment against which an opposition has been lodged is only annul…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 574

The objection must contain the defaulter's pleas.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 577

In the renewed proceedings, the admissibility of the respective claims of the claimant and the opponent are assessed, in relation to the original claim, in accordance with the ordinary rules.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Extraordinary remedies.

Article 579

An appeal by an extraordinary route and the period allowed for exercising it shall not suspend execution unless otherwise provided by law.

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