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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-7

…ployment (Directorate General for Employment), pursuant to articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and that he/she does not have t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Applicable certification procedure and technical design and construction rules applicable to second-hand work equipment referred to in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 233-83 and to second-hand safety components referred to in Article R. 233-83-2

Article R233-89-1-1

…ble to them respectively by virtue of amended decrees no. 47-1592 of 23 August 1947, no. 65-48 of 8 January 1965, no. 86-594 of 14 March 1986, no. 89-78 of 7 February 1989, the amended decree of 30 Ju…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-40

…5 at least once during the last three financial years and was ranked, as far as municipalities with 10,000 inhabitants or more are concerned, at least once among the top two hundred and fifty pursuant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1

…45-1, L. 227-2, L. 227-2-1, L. 229-1 to L. 229-15, L. 238-6, L. 244-5, L. 252-1 to L. 252-13, L. 22-10-7 and L. 22-10-24;Articles L. 223-27, L. 227-10 and L. 227-19 are applicable in their wording res…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-17

…° Trading platform managers governed by Articles L. 420-18, L. 422-1, L. 424-9, L. 425-9 and L. 425-10 ; 2° Branches of credit institutions referred to in I of article L. 511-10; 3° Branches of third-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Digital asset service providers

Article L572-26

…e of €7,500 for any person providing services on digital assets within the meaning of Article L. 54-10-2, to disseminate information containing inaccurate or misleading information or to use a name, c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-20

…s subject to Book III of Parts Two and Three. The City of Paris is also subject to articles L. 5217-10-1 to L. 5217-10-15 and L. 5217-12-2 to L. 5217-12-5 as well as the list of compulsory expenditure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-14

The ticket and payment card mentioned in article R. 49-1, if they are sent pursuant to article 529-10, are accompanied by a request for exoneration form specifying the conditions for admissibility of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-13

The penalty referred to in article L. 1142-10 is calculated on the basis of business income, as taken into account to determine the basis of assessment for contributions defined in article L. 242-1 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of funds from the joint fund

Article R2135-29

Each year, the bodies mentioned in II of article L. 2135-10 communicate to the joint fund the amount of remuneration paid to the employees mentioned in the same article and included in the base for so…

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