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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694-2

…magistrate. They shall be executed by the investigating judge or by officers of the judicial police acting on a rogatory commission from that magistrate when they require certain procedural acts that…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-6

…trading system may use an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company to act as a market maker within the meaning of 2° of Article L. 531-2 on the organised trading system o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-9

…gs in question to amend, supplement or terminate, within a specified period, all agreements and all acts by which the concentration of economic power which made the abuse possible was achieved, even i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Obstacles and offences

Article L8114-2

…L. 433-3, L. 433-5 and L. 433-6 of the French Penal Code, which respectively provide for and punish acts of violence, insult and resistance against officers of the judicial police, are applicable to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-36

…lful failure to pay the sum of money corresponding to a pecuniary penalty imposed as a sentence for acts which would constitute under French law a felony or misdemeanour punishable by a custodial sent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-20

…tered by a managing director chosen from among the members. The manager is appointed by the members acting unanimously. The term of office, which may not exceed six years, is set by the Articles of As…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-13

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 221-18, L. 221-21 and L. 221-23 to L. 221-27 governing the conditions for exercising the consumer's right of withdrawal and its effects, is punishable by an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions.

Article L1142-5

…representative ; 2° In companies not subject to the obligation to negotiate under articles L. 2232-21 and L. 2232-24; 3° In companies not covered by an agreement or an extended branch agreement relat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-143

…he company of the simultaneous requests for withdrawal made by the partners pursuant to the article 21 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 or, in the event of successive applications, by the last of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Seasonal workers

Article R5221-25

Before entering France, the foreign national's seasonal employment contract is approved by the territorially competent Prefect in accordance with the criteria set out in article R. 5221-16 and subject…

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