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

Article R4741-3-1

…eir representatives access to the information provided for in Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 is punishable by a fifth-class fine.The fine shall be applied as many times as there are person…

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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 R4743-7

Any operator of an on-trade public house who, without having obtained the authorisation provided for in article R. 4153-8, employs or provides training for minors, with the exception of the owner's sp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article R5141-86-1

As long as the information concerning each medicinal product reproduces in full the summary of product characteristics mentioned in article R. 5141-15, publications intended to reference veterinary me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of material safety monitoring

Article R5212-2

Materiovigilance involves : 1° Reporting and recording the incidents or risks of incidents mentioned in articles R. 5212-14 and R. 5212-15; 2° Recording, evaluating and using this information for prev…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-22

…ens et services et perçue sur les gazoles et essences en Corse en application de l'article 5 of law no. 94-1131 of 27 December 1994 on the tax status of Corsica, calculated in accordance with 3° of B…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R761-5

…e R. 744-11 are not applicable in Mayotte for a period of five years from the publication of Decree No. 2018-1159 of 14 December 2018 taken for the application of Law No. 2018-778 of 10 September 2018…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-17

…to rent in the rebuilt building, subject to the conditions set out in articles L. 145-19 and L. 145-20.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-9

…h do not have a works council and which are not covered by a joint body mentioned in article L. 411-20, and as far as the individual employer is concerned, the benefit resulting from the employer's co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Participation of residents in local life

Article L2143-1

…d allocate funds to them each year for their operation. Municipalities with a population of between 20,000 and 79,999 may apply these provisions. In this case, articles L. 2122-2-1 et L. 2122-18-1 s'a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-ministerial cooperation and exchanges of information relating to the fight against trafficking in doping substances or methods

Article D232-103

The communication of information between the officials mentioned in article L. 232-20 relates in particular to :- the calendar of competitions or sporting events ;- statistics on analyses carried out…

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