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Showing 12011210 of 66903 articles for Art. 132-1 and 132-20

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R3233-1

…ployees paid under illegal conditions. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code. In the event of more than one offence resulting in a rep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Suspension of the realisation of assets in insolvency proceedings opened against a member of a corporate group

Article L694-1

…purposes of implementing the stay of an asset realisation procedure referred to in b of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of Article 60 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2015/848, the provisions of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Suspension of the realisation of assets in insolvency proceedings opened against a member of a corporate group

Article R694-1

The provisions of Articles R. 692-4 and R. 692-5 shall apply to the suspension measure referred to in Article 60 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Agreement between professional organisations

Article L132-17-8

I.-Where the professional organisations representing authors and publishers in the book sector conclude an agreement covering all the provisions mentioned in II, this agreement may be made binding on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article R3222-1

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to equal pay for men and women set out in articles L. 3221-2 to L. 3221-6 is punishable by a fifth-class fine. The fine is applied as many times as there…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions.

Article R3423-11

…23-1 to L. 3423-4 ; 2° Paying less than the minimum monthly wage provided for in articles L. 3423-5 and L. 3423-6.The fine is applied as many times as there are employees paid under illegal conditions…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-13

The financial account referred to in Article A. 132-11 includes, on the revenue side, the portion of net investment income calculated in accordance with the rules referred to in Article A. 132-14 and,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article D6264-1

Articles R. 2333-121 to R. 2333-132 are applicable to the local authority.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article D6364-1

Articles R. 2333-121 to R. 2333-132 are applicable to the local authority.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compliance with payment of professional dues

Article 122-19

In order to be eligible for financial aid, companies producing, distributing and selling cinematographic works abroad and operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments must be up to date w…

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