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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…ns committee in agriculture provided for inarticle L. 717-7 of the rural and maritime fishing code; 10° Employee appointed under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2232-23-1 and L. 2232-26 in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3136-1

…ity under articles L. 3131-8 and L. 3131-9 is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €10,000.Violation of quarantine measures and measures to place and keep in isolation ordered on the b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160-4

I.-The register of purchases and sales provided for in article L. 225-211 to report transactions carried out pursuant to II of article L. 228-12 and of the I of article L. 228-12-1 is held under the t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-21

…° The dates of the merging companies' accounts used to define the terms of the cross-border merger; 10° The articles of association of the company resulting from the cross-border merger; 11° Where app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Expenses arising from the appointment of ad hoc administrators

Article R216

…tion of the minor when the ad hoc administrator appeals to the assize court ruling on appeal: Iaah9;10° For an indemnity for failure to act in the event of difficulties in the course of the ad hoc adm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Rules and monitoring of the enforcement of sentences

Article D158

…these prohibitions have been imposed pursuant to Article 138 of this Code, or of Articles 131-6,131-10or 132-45 of the Criminal Code, or as part of a protection order pursuant to Article 515-11 of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-17

…verned by the Monetary and Financial Code; 5° Investment companies governed by l'ordonnance n° 45-2710 du 2 novembre 1945 relative aux sociétés d'investissement; 6° Sociétés de développement régional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-8

…he amount of the contribution initially due, before the deductions provided for in articles L. 5212-10-1, L. 5212-11 and the third paragraph of article L. 5212-9, calculated in accordance with the pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Measures to prevent and stop a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-3

…n action relating to the prevention or cessation of an infringement of a business secret, the court may, without prejudice to the award of damages, prescribe, including under penalty payment, any prop…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special provisions relating to the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article L138-4

An author or his successors in title may object to an approved collective management organisation issuing exploitation authorisations on their behalf. This objection may relate to a work or a group of…

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