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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-3

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in Article L. 8256-2 are liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Prohibition, for a period of up to five years, from engaging directly or t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions

Article L455-2

Sont considérés, au regard de la récidive, comme une même infraction, les délits prévus et réprimés par:1° Les articles L. 121-2 à L. 121-4 et L. 132-2, les articles L. 122-1 to L. 122-5 and L. 132-25…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Directors elected or appointed by employees

Article R225-34-3

The training provided for in Article L. 225-30-2 and Article L. 225-23 ensures that directors elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and to directors elected by e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Focus

Article L724-3

In the case mentioned in article L. 724-2, after noting the debtor's good faith, the commission imposes a personal recovery without judicial liquidation or refers the matter to the protection litigati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-3

Those responsible for the automated processing extract and record on sealed media the contents of the ballot box, the electoral rolls and the current reports managed by the servers. These operations a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-3

All members of the Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique must inform the representative of the State in the département of the interests they hold and the economic activity they ca…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeal against the decision of the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-10-3

At the initiative of the representative of the State in the department, the mayor of the municipality in which the site is located, the president of the public inter-municipal cooperation establishmen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-3

The certificate drawn up by the person responsible for the transfer of the second-hand medical device certifies that it has undergone regular maintenance in accordance with the provisions of article R…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-3

If the appointment of an expert provided for in sub-section 10 of section 3 of chapter V of this title is envisaged in the context of the projects mentioned in article L. 2316-2, it is carried out by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-3

I.-In the month following the admission to psychiatric care decided upon in application of this chapter or resulting from the decision mentioned in article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a…

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