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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 710-1

…are located at the seat of one of the courts that handed down the sentences have jurisdiction. The last two paragraphs of Article 710 of this Code shall then apply. If one or more of the sentences ha…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-15

…7-1 is set at five million unique visitors per month, per platform, calculated on the basis of the last calendar year. An online platform operator whose number of connections exceeds the threshold me…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to non-pre-packaged foodstuffs

Article R412-15

…nd be present in the finished product, even in modified form. For a period of three years after the last meal was provided, the meal supplier shall keep the document attesting to the consumer's refusa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article R724-2

…his decision is valid for the entire period extending from the first day of the fourth month to the last day of the sixth month, the starting point of the three-month period referred to in this articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The regional economic, social and environmental council

Article L4134-7

…se of special mandates entrusted to them by their council, under the conditions provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 4135-19.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 786

…se sentenced to a custodial penalty, from the day of their final release or, in accordance with the last paragraph of the article 733, from the day of their conditional release where this has not been…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 864

…rial situation, may obtain compensation under the conditions provided for in Articles 706-3 (3° and last paragraph)(1) to 706-12, where their resources are below the ceiling for receiving partial lega…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-9

Any sums paid to beneficiaries under the profit-sharing agreement after the last day of the fifth month following the end of the financial year will be subject to late payment interest equal to 1.33 t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-67-1

…an employee aged fifty or over who is experiencing particular difficulties that prevent his or her lasting integration into employment, or a person recognised as a disabled worker, or to enable the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-2

…ragraph, unless the health identifier is processed for health research purposes as mentioned in the last paragraph of article 30 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology,…

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