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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-4

…es not impose the additional penalty of exclusion from public contracts mentioned in 5° of article 131-39 of the Criminal Code. The procedures for applying this article shall be laid down by decree in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Customer due diligence and liability.

Article L8281-1

…s applicable to the employee of a direct or indirect subcontractor in the following areas: 1° Individual and collective freedoms in the employment relationship; 2° Discrimination and professional equa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-5

Natural persons convicted of the offence provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 8256-2 shall be liable to the additional penalty of forfeiture of all or part of their assets, whatever thei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-1-3

For the purposes of implementing articles L. 8272-1 to L. 8272-4, the representative of the State in the département shall receive a copy of the official reports of offences constituting illegal emplo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-4

…e L. 723-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, which shall proceed to collect the contributions due to them on the basis of the information contained in these official reports.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Illegal provision of labour.

Article L8271-16

As part of their task of combating the illegal loan of labour, the officers referred to in Article L. 8112-1 may ask to see estimates, order forms or work orders, invoices and contracts or commercial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-3

The decision by the administrative authority to provisionally close the establishment, taken in application of article L. 8272-2, shall not result in the termination or suspension of the employment co…

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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 D1142-7

Each Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment appoints one or more advisors to assist companies with between fifty and two hundred and fifty employees, at t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conclusion and purpose of the contract

Article D1143-7

A contract for mixed employment and professional equality between women and men, giving entitlement to the State financial aid provided for in sub-section 2, is concluded between the State and the emp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-1-2

…agents responsible for land transport control;8° Agents of the institution mentioned in Article L. 5312-1, responsible for fraud prevention, authorised and sworn for this purpose;9° Agents of the Cons…

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