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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009

Article L362-1

Failure to comply with Article 5(d)(3) and (8) and Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009

Article L362-2

The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs is the competent authority to impose the administrative fines provided for in article L. 362-1 of this Code, under the con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements to prevent the effects of exposure to certain occupational risk factors

Article L4162-4

I.- Failure to comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 4162-1 to L. 4162-3 will result in a penalty payable by the employer. II-The amount of this penalty, set by decree by the Conseil d'Et…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L219-1

Articles L. 219-2 to L. 219-4 apply to any service qualified as a provider of an online content sharing service within the meaning of article L. 137-1. The provisions set out in III of Article L. 219-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the procedures for applying this subsection, in particular with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 137-2 of the Munich Convention.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-42

The BTP Prévoyance fund takes any pre-litigation or litigation action relating to the recovery of the contribution against companies that fail to pay.Failing this, the contribution will be recovered i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Quality of vocational training courses

Article L6316-2

The certification referred to in Article L. 6316-1 is issued by a certifying body accredited for this purpose or in the process of being accredited by the national accreditation body referred to in Ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-23

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in the event of the appointment as a member of the Management Board of a person linked by an employment contract to the company…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Health certification and assessment.

Article L1414-5

With a view to improving the quality of patient care, the Haute Autorité de santé issues an opinion addressed to the ministers responsible for health and industry on the references to harmonised stand…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-4

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in the event of the appointment to the position of chairman, chief executive officer or deputy chief executive officer of a per…

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