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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-17

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of Articles L. 1235-11 to L. 1235-14.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-14

The following provisions do not apply to the dismissal of an employee who has been with the company for less than two years and to dismissals carried out by an employer who usually employs less than e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-15

Any procedure for redundancy on economic grounds in a company where the social and economic committee has not been set up, even though the company is subject to this obligation and no report of its fa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-10

In undertakings with at least fifty employees, where the redundancy project concerns at least ten employees within the same thirty-day period, any redundancy carried out in the absence of any decision…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-12

If the employer fails to comply with the procedures for consulting staff representatives or informing the administrative authority, the court will award the employee involved in a mass redundancy for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-13

In the event of non-compliance with the re-employment priority provided for in article L. 1233-45, the court shall award the employee compensation of not less than one month's salary.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-16

The cancellation of the validation decision mentioned in article L. 1233-57-2 or the homologation decision mentioned in article L. 1233-57-3 for a reason other than that mentioned in the last paragrap…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Necessary deposit.

Article 1949

A necessary deposit is one that has been forced by some accident, such as fire, ruin, pillage, shipwreck or other unforeseen event.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Resources collected by Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article R6333-1

The resources referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 6333-1 are paid quarterly by France Compétences to the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, with the exception of the resources referred t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 124

1. The quantities of goods in respect of which the prescribed obligations have not been fulfilled shall be liable to the duties and taxes in force on the date of registration of the acquits-à-caution…

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