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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial solidarity of the principal.

Article L8254-2-2

Any person convicted under article L. 8256-2 for knowingly using the services of an employer of a foreign national not authorised to work is jointly and severally liable with this employer for payment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-26-2

I. 2° of article R. 6123-3-2 and articles R. 6123-3-3, R. 6123-3-4 and R. 6123-3-10 are not applicable to Mayotte. II - For the application of article R. 6123-3-9 in Mayotte, the words: "national and"…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Successive contracts with the same employee.

Article L1244-2-2

I. - In the branches referred to in Article L. 1244-2-1, in the absence of collective bargaining agreements at branch or company level, the employer shall inform the employee with a seasonal employmen…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules specific to legal mortgages of minors or adults under guardianship

Article 2399

A minor, after coming of age or emancipation, or an adult under guardianship, after the release of the guardianship of adults, may request, within a period of one year, the registration of his legal m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules specific to legal mortgages of minors or adults under guardianship

Article 2400

During the minority and guardianship of adults, the registration made under Article 2398 must be renewed, in accordance with article 2429 of the Civil Code, by the clerk of the judicial court.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules specific to legal mortgages of minors or adults under guardianship

Article 2398

At the opening of any guardianship, the family council or, failing this, the judge, after hearing the tutor, decides whether a registration must be required on the tutor's immovables. If so, the famil…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The procedure applicable to divorce by judicial mutual consent

Article 250

The application for divorce is presented by the parties' respective lawyers or by a lawyer chosen by mutual agreement. The judge examines the application with each of the spouses, then brings them tog…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 219

The president of the investigating division, and in courts where there are several investigating divisions, one of the presidents specially appointed by the general assembly, exercises the specific po…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 220

…re the proper functioning of the investigating chambers within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal. In particular, he verifies the conditions of application of paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 81 and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 223

He may refer the matter to the Investigating Chamber for a ruling on the continued detention of an accused person in pre-trial detention..

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