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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-18-6

Any breach of the provisions of article L. 224-25-18 relating to compliance procedures is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal entit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-3

The guarantee due in application of article L. 3253-18-1 relates to the unpaid debts mentioned in article L. 3253-8. However, the periods provided for in 2° and 3° of article L. 3253-8 are extended to…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligation and conditions of registration

Article L211-18-1

…y any means are obliged to provide a guarantee against insolvency in accordance with article L. 211-18.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18-2

If the apprenticeship contract is terminated in application of article L. 6222-18, the training centre in which the apprentice is registered takes the necessary steps to enable him to follow his theor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-8

…the framework of the investigations mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5 and in article L. 232-18-1, at the request of the investigators and subject to the preservation of a legally protected sec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-8

…ciaire or the liquidator has ceased his functions or in the case mentioned in 2° of article L. 3253-18-2, the guarantee institutions pay the sums due to the employee upon presentation by the latter of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-18

The information provided for in articles 9 and 18 of the aforementioned Decree No. 2017-794 of 5 May 2017 shall be sent to the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation agreements and secondments

Article D5132-18-1

…horise an intermediary association to derogate from the duration mentioned in 2° of article R. 5132-18 for a maximum renewable period of three years: 1° By taking into account the nature and intensity…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-5

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article R. 5222-18-4, where the second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical device which is the subject of the transfer has never been put into service, the file consists…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-18-1

…lect revenue and authorise expenditure under the conditions mentioned in 1° to 4° of article R. 712-18 taking as a reference the aggregate of the initial budgets or latest amending budgets approved by…

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