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Showing 18111820 of 36960 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2007 – no. 05-19.947

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: 1st May Day

Article L3133-5

Unemployment on 1st May cannot be a reason for a reduction in salary. Employees paid by the hour, by the day or by output are entitled to compensation equal to the wages lost as a result of unemployme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 15: Work involving exposure to extreme temperatures

Article D4153-36

It is forbidden to assign young people to work that exposes them to extreme temperatures likely to damage their health.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 15: Work involving the risk of drowning.

Article R4534-136

Where workers are exposed to the risk of drowning, the employer shall, in addition to the safety measures prescribed by this chapter, take the following special protection measures: 1° Workers exposed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 15: Powers of the Minister for Health

Article R5121-206

The detailed rules for the application of sections 1 to 12 of this chapter are determined as necessary, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009

Article L362-1

…to an administrative fine not exceeding the following amounts: 1° €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal person, in the case of breaches of Article 5(d)(3) and (8) of Regulation (EU) No…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009

Article L362-2

The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs is the competent authority to impose the administrative fines provided for in article L. 362-1 of this Code, under the con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1136

Transactions carried out by the State and governed by Title III of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of companies with public shareholdings d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R80-1

The provisions of article R. 77 are applicable for the establishment of bulletin n° 2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R79

Other than the cases provided for in 1°, 2° and 4° of Article 776, bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record is issued: 1° To the State public authorities responsible for policing foreign nationals; 2° To…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R81

…he content as well as that of the information provided for in Article 769 is reproduced on bulletin no. 2. If not, the bulletin n° 2 is marked "nil". If the request for bulletin no. 2 comes from the c…

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