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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-3

Where the duration of pre-trial detention exceeds one year in criminal cases or eight months in misdemeanour cases, decisions ordering its extension or rejecting applications for release must also inc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-3

Prior to release, the person under investigation must make the declaration of address provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article 116. The person under investigation is informed that he or she mus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36

When an assignment contract expires, neither a fixed-term contract nor an assignment contract may be used to fill the position of the employee whose contract has expired, before the expiry of a waitin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-37

…user undertaking may stipulate the cases in which the waiting period provided for inarticle L. 1251-36 is not applicable.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offering advantages

Article L1453-3

It is prohibited for the persons mentioned in article L. 1453-4 to receive benefits in cash or in kind, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, offered or procured by the persons mentioned in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Purchasing promotion scheme

Article D2111-3

The annual amount of purchases provided for in article L. 2111-3 is set at fifty million euros excluding tax. In order to determine the total annual amount of their purchases, the contracting authorit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-3

The other items of equipment in the building are covered by a guarantee of good working order for a minimum of two years from the date of acceptance.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-32

Release or the release or modification of judicial supervision or house arrest under electronic surveillance may be requested at any time from the investigating chamber in accordance with the forms pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-30

…and, where applicable, that he has waived the rule of speciality. This order is not subject to appeal. If the person claimed has been the subject of an extradition request, then the procedure shall b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-33

The provisions of Articles 696-26 to 696-32 are applicable if the person whose provisional arrest has been requested is the subject of an extradition request and consents to being extradited more than…

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