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Showing 52815290 of 22522 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 Sept. 2016 – no. 15-12.994

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R3143-3

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3142-95, L. 3142-96 and D. 3142-62 relating to national service is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-3

Employing a worker under the age of eighteen in prohibited work, in disregard of article L. 4153-8 and the decrees adopted for its application, is punishable by a fine of the fifth class. Repeated off…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Duties towards colleagues

Article R4312-82

Nurses are prohibited from engaging in all forms of unfair competition and, in particular, all forms of competition, commission, fee-splitting and customer misappropriation, subject to the provisions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health and safety

Article R6222-36

The apprentice will undergo an information and prevention visit as provided for in articles R. 4624-10 to R. 4624-15 or a pre-recruitment medical examination as provided for in articles R. 4623-22 to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers

Article L573-3

Failure by the directors of an investment firm or portfolio management company to draw up an inventory for each financial year and prepare annual accounts and a management report in accordance with th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IVa: Offences concerning European companies

Article L244-5

…s of the management board or members of the supervisory board of European companies. Article L. 242-20 applies to statutory auditors of European companies.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-19

…he provisions of Article 712-17 or a search note in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 49-20, or rule in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-9.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R4031-4

When the number of these professionals is equal to or greater than 20,000, they elect their representatives within the regional unions representing their profession. The list of professions that elect…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter

…by a monetary transaction account.b. With regard to foreign source income referred to in articles 120 to 125, the deduction is limited to the amount of the credit corresponding to the tax withheld at…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article L114-10

The sports resources, expertise and performance centres are administered by a Board of Directors made up of twenty or twenty-five members, depending on the size or specific nature of the establishment…

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