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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16

The following have the status of judicial police officers:1° Mayors and their deputies;2° Gendarmerie officers and ranks, gendarmes nominatively designated by order of the ministers of justice and the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-18

By way of derogation from article R. 142-16, for the exclusive purposes of carrying out their duties, staff responsible for searching for and checking the identity of persons, verifying the validity a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Liability regime

Article L133-18

In the event of an unauthorised payment transaction reported by the payment service user under the conditions set out in Article L. 133-24, the payer's payment service provider shall reimburse the pay…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18

Mobility leave may be offered by the employer either as part of an agreement on the collective termination of employment concluded under the conditions set out in articles L. 1237-19 to L. 1237-19-8,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-18

All premises and facilities must comply with current planning, building, health and safety regulations, in particular the decree of 30 January 1978 on special building regulations for collectively man…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 212-18

Projects for original French-language works or, if at least two different languages are used, for works in which French or a regional language used in France is the most widely used language, are elig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-183

The Extraordinary General Meeting sets the period during which the options must be exercised. The rights resulting from the options granted are non-transferable until the option has been exercised. In…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-186

Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-185, L. 22-10-56 and L. 22-10-57 are applicable to investment certificates, cooperative investment certificates and cooperative shareholder certificates.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-184

A special report informs the Ordinary General Meeting each year of the transactions carried out under the provisions of articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-186. This report also gives an account of:the numb…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-185

Options giving entitlement to subscribe for shares may be granted for a period of two years from the company's registration, to corporate officers who are natural persons and who participate with empl…

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