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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Breastfeeding facilities

Article R4152-17

The breastfeeding room has a ceiling height of at least three metres. It must have a surface area of at least three square metres per child. A single room may not contain more than twelve cots. Howeve…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1741

…ence, where the acts were committed in an organised gang or carried out or facilitated by means of: 1° Either accounts opened or contracts taken out with bodies established abroad; 2° Or the interposi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens exploiting authorisations held by one or more of its members

Article R6133-15

…ers, the decision of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency provided for in Article R. 6133-1-1 also includes: 1° Approval of the agreement setting up the grouping or any amendment thereto…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4451-15

…of the risk assessment show that exposure is likely to reach or exceed one of the following levels: 1° For the whole body: 1 millisievert per year; 2° For the crystalline lens: 15 millisieverts per ye…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-17

In the event of late payment of contributions and late filing of wage declarations used as a basis for contributions, contributions due and unpaid or corresponding to declarations not filed on time wi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Cooperation with the Commission de Régulation de l'Energie and the bodies responsible for physical agricultural markets

Article L621-21-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall cooperate with the competent bodies for the supervision, management and regulation of the physical agricultural markets, designated under the conditions laid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1799

Shall be punished by the penalties applicable to the principal offender: 1° Any person convicted of having facilitated the fraud or knowingly procured the means to commit it; 2° Any person convicted o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1791

…fees, balances and other charges established by these provisions shall be punishable by a fine of €100 to €750, a penalty of between one and three times the amount of the duties, taxes, fees, balance…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798

The offences referred to in article 1812 are punishable, at the request of the administration, by the tax penalties provided for in I of article 1791. Whoever makes it impossible for the officers auth…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1795

…ch software, systems or technical interventions are designed to enable one of the acts mentioned in 1° of Article 1743 of this Code, in Article 1791 ter, in 3° and 5° of article 1794, in article 1797…

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