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

Article L4741-3-1

…the employer to comply with the measures taken by the inspection officer pursuant to articles L. 4731-1 or L. 4731-2 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.

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

Article L4741-4

In the event of a breach of the provisions of article L. 4221-1, those of Book III as well as articles L. 4411-7, L. 4525-1 and L. 4721-4 and the decrees issued for their application, the judgment sha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-13

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, fines imposed in application of article L. 4741-12 may not result in the termination or suspension of the employment contract or in any financial los…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-2

Failure by a project owner to send the administrative authority the prior declaration provided for in article L. 4532-1 is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements of decisions taken by the Labour Inspectorate with regard to health and safety at work

Article L4752-2

Failure by the employer to comply with requests for checks, measurements or analyses made by the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1 in application of Article L. 47…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Agreements.

Article L5132-2

…L. 345-1 du code de l'action sociale et des familles to implement social and professional integration actions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formal notice prior to the official report.

Article L4721-6

The formal notice specifies the infringements found and sets a deadline by which the infringements must have ceased. This deadline is set taking into account the circumstances. It is based on the mini…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Regional committees for working conditions

Article L4641-4

A regional working conditions steering committee is attached to each State representative in the region. It is involved in drawing up and monitoring regional public policies on health, safety at work…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L4711-2

Observations and formal notices issued by the Labour Inspectorate in relation to health and safety, occupational medicine and risk prevention are kept by the employer.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L4711-3

During their visits, the Labour Inspectorate control officers referred to in article L. 8112-1 and the prevention service officers of the social security bodies have access to the documents referred t…

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