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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Working hours and rest periods.

Article L7124-6

The employment and selection of a child, whether at school or not, working as a model may not exceed the maximum daily and weekly periods determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Effects of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-47

Collective sector agreements filed with the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority may be communicated to and copied in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Administrative fines

Article L8115-6

The person against whom a warning or fine is issued may challenge the administration's decision before the administrative court, to the exclusion of any hierarchical appeal.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibitions.

Article L8261-1

No employee may perform paid work in excess of the maximum working hours laid down by the legal provisions applicable to his or her profession.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and membership

Article R1253-18

Only the persons mentioned in article R. 1253-14 who have joined the consortium may benefit from the provision of an employee by the consortium.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for the different types of guarantee

Article R1251-17

The financial guarantee may only be granted by mutual guarantee companies if their sole purpose is to guarantee the claims defined in article L. 1251-49.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction of the summary proceedings panel

Article R1455-7

If the existence of the obligation is not seriously disputable, the summary jurisdiction panel may award an advance to the creditor or order performance of the obligation, even if it is an obligation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Preliminary provisions

Article R1143-2

The regulated legal professions to which the person whom the associations may associate in accordance with article L. 1143-14 belongs are :-lawyers ;-bailiffs.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13-3

The urban pre-emption right provided for in article L. 1321-2 may be instituted even in the absence of a local town planning scheme.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Public auction sales.

Article R322-12

Owners or operators of public auction rooms may not transfer their establishment without an authorisation issued in the same form and by the same authority as for the original authorisation.

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