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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his delegate.

Article L4741-3-1

…the employer to comply with the measures taken by the inspection officer pursuant to articles L. 4731-1 or L. 4731-2 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-8

Where a credit institution, an investment firm or a person referred to in 3° to 6° of I of Article L. 613-34 disposes of for valuable consideration by means of a transaction entered into after the ado…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Administrative composition

Article R621-37-5

…t has been proposed refuses or fails to make a decision within the time limit set in article R. 621-37-2; 2° If no agreement is reached within the time limits set out in article R. 621-37-3 and the se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to the "oncological surgery" modality

Article D6124-132-3

…cooperation around the complex surgical oncology care pathways provided for in 2° of article R. 6123-92-3, must include the following protocolisation procedures: 1° For holders of the B1 visceral and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-1

…228-2 for bearer shares, or under the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 228-3 for registered shares. II.-Following these transactions, and without prejudice to the obligations…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-34-2

…by the national joint employment committees for sport, golf, equestrian centres and entertainment; 3° Experts appointed by the chamber of trades and crafts, the chamber of agriculture and the regiona…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article L6332-1-3

…ent of skills for the benefit of companies with fewer than fifty employees mentioned in article L. 6313-1 ; 2° Apprenticeship and professionalisation contracts, expenditure relating to the training of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-25

…e identity and address of the principal; 2° The identity and address of the private security guard; 3° Proof of the private security guard's identity; 4° The commission issued to the private security…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal control

Article R561-38-8

For the persons mentioned in 3° to 5°, 7° to 17° of Article L. 561-2, financial investment advisers and providers of participative financing services mentioned in 6° of Article L. 561-2, the system de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-5

…cipating in the same coordinated practice within the systems mentioned in articles L. 1411-11, L. 1434-12, L. 6323-1-10 and L. 6323-3 as the patient's attending doctor, as the corresponding pharmacist…

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