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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions.

Article L1142-1

Subject to the specific provisions of this Code, no person may :1° Mention or cause to be mentioned in a job advertisement the sex or marital status of the candidate sought. This prohibition applies t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Authorised differences in treatment.

Article L1133-2

…nd reasonably justified by a legitimate aim, in particular by a concern to protect the health or safety of workers, to promote their integration into the labour market, to ensure their employment, red…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1111-3

The following are not taken into account when calculating the number of employees in the company:1° Apprentices ;2° Holders of an initiative-employment contract, during the period of allocation of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-1

…t, qualification, classification, professional promotion, working hours, assessment of performance, etc. 3221-3, profit-sharing measures or the distribution of shares, training, redeployment, assignme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-41

…rs or third parties with powers to manage or administer, depending on the seriousness of the breach:1° a warning ;2° a reprimand3° A ban on carrying out certain intermediation transactions and any oth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…isions of C apply if a credit institution or finance company is in one of the following situations: 1° It has breached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-43

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, when the situation so warrants and under conditions laid down by decree, appoint an additional auditor to the undertakings mentioned in A of I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-44

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may ask the statutory auditors of persons subject to its supervision for any information on the business and financial situation of the entity…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-39

…ersons referred to in I of Article L. 612-2, with the exception of those referred to in 4a, 5° and 11° of A and 4° of B, has breached a European, legislative or regulatory provision that the AMF is re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-35-1

I.-Police measures ordered by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be published in the official register of the authority when they concern breaches of: 1° the rules intended to…

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