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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 R4743-3

Employing a worker under the age of eighteen in prohibited work, in disregard of article L. 4153-8 and the decrees adopted for its application, is punishable by a fine of the fifth class. Repeated off…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Infringements of the rules on occupational medicine

Article R4745-2

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to recruitment, conditions of practice, protection and professional independence enjoyed by occupational health doctors, as set out in articles L. 4623-1…

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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 R4743-1

Employing a pregnant woman, a woman who has recently given birth or a nursing mother in prohibited work, in disregard of article L. 4152-1 and the decrees adopted for its application, is punishable by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conclusion of the contract

Article R6222-4

The apprenticeship contract sets the salary payable to the apprentice for each of the years of the contract or the apprenticeship period. This wage may not be less than the rates set out in articles D…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R6341-24-7

The remuneration due to jobseekers and self-employed workers who do not fall into the category defined in article D. 6341-26 is set by decree according to one or more of the following criteria: 1° The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 212 bis

I. - The net financial charges borne by an undertaking which is not a member of a group, within the meaning of Articles 223 A or 223 A bis, are deductible from taxable income subject to corporation ta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-16-2

…t;4° Persons and entities that appeal to the generosity of the public within the meaning of the loi n° 91-772 du 7 août 1991 relative au congé de représentation en faveur des associations et des mutue…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495

…e same law, except where the provisions of article 42 of the said law or of the article 93-3 of law n° 82-652 of 29 July 1982 on audiovisual communication. III.The simplified criminal order procedure…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-2

…tive or individual, whether owned or enjoyed ; 3° Deferred credit transactions, governed by the loi n° 52-332 du 24 mars 1952 relative aux entreprises de crédit différé lorsqu'elles ne sont pas associ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions applicable to privatisation operations

Article 248 F

…ansactions provided for in 1° of Article 5 of Law no. 86-793 of 2 July 1986 and Title IV of the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication dans sa rédaction applicable…

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