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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-3

…unding services shall inform it and the investors of the offences set out in Articles 432-10 to 432-12 of the French Penal Code and of the best practices established by the regulatory bodies to ensure…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R4432-15

…uncils. The same provisions, with the exception of those of the second paragraph of article R. 4134-12, apply to the operation of the councils for culture, education and the environment of the regions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company agreements

Article L2232-38

The validity of an inter-company agreement is assessed in accordance with articles L. 2232-12 and L. 2232-13. The 30% and 50% rates mentioned in the same articles are assessed at the level of all the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Legal proceedings.

Article L5213-21

…l action based on non-compliance with the provisions of articles L. 5213-7 and L. 5213-9 to L. 5213-12, where such non-compliance causes definite harm to the collective interest they represent.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Annual report of the joint fund

Article R2135-22

…l indicate the use of funds by each of the beneficiary organisations referred to in Article L. 2135-12, for each of the missions referred to in Article L. 2135-11 and for each of the resources defined…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-13

…rmine, where necessary, the procedures for applying the provisions of articles L. 4322-1 to L. 4322-12, in particular the representation of professionals on the professional bodies according to the ty…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L7121-16

…m all the artists making up the cast of the performance, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7121-12, is punishable, in the event of a repeat offence, by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-6

…a precise definition of the reason for the contract, in breach of the first paragraph of article L. 1242-12, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 eu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R23-112-10

…e model documents required for the appointment of the representative provided for in article R. 23-112-12 and the members of the cross-industry regional joint committees.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 764-4

In application of 12° of article 764-3, the following obligations may also be monitored and supervised in France: 1° A ban on carrying out a professional or voluntary activity involving habitual conta…

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