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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional representation

Article L7111-8

In the branches that cover the activities of press companies, daily or periodical publications and press agencies, as well as the activities of companies communicating to the public by electronic mean…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Presumption of salaried status.

Article L7112-1

Any agreement by which a press company secures the services of a professional journalist in return for remuneration is presumed to be a contract of employment. This presumption applies irrespective of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application.

Article L7122-1

The provisions of this section apply to entrepreneurs of live performances who, with a view to the public performance of a work of the mind, ensure the physical presence of at least one performing art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation conditions.

Article L7122-23

The groups and persons mentioned in article L. 7122-22 shall file with a body authorised by the State the declaration of the withholding tax provided for in article 204 A of the General Tax Code and t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L7123-4

The presumption of the existence of a contract of employment subsists regardless of the method and amount of remuneration and the classification given to the contract by the parties. Nor is it destroy…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-27

Failure by any person operating a modelling agency or engaging the services of a model for remuneration to comply with the obligation set out in article L. 7123-2-1 is punishable by six months' impris…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Working hours and rest periods.

Article L7124-6

The employment and selection of a child, whether at school or not, working as a model may not exceed the maximum daily and weekly periods determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-34

In the event of an infringement of the provisions concerning child labour set out in this chapter, the court may, depending on the circumstances and only in the event of a repeat offence, order that t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L6511-1

The general provisions of article L. 1511-1 also apply to the provisions of this book.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-1

…ion, the contributions mentioned in Title III of Book I of this Part may only be managed by cross-industry skills operators, with the exception of contributions from companies falling within the profe…

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