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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L3211-4

Contracting authorities shall be deemed to exercise joint control over a legal person where the following conditions are met :1° The decision-making bodies of the controlled legal person are composed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Deductions.

Article L3251-4

Subject to the provisions of article 1240 of the French Civil Code, employers may not require employees to pay money or withhold money under the name of expenses or any other name for any purpose what…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4125-4

When the territorial jurisdiction of the departmental, regional or inter-regional councils, or of the disciplinary chambers of first instance is modified, the National Council shall arrange for the el…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-4

No person may be appointed as liquidator who is prohibited from holding the office of chief executive officer, director, company manager or member of the management or supervisory board, or who has fo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-4

The judge may appoint a representative from a list drawn up under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and arrange for a social investigation to be carried out.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of apprentice training centres

Article L6231-4

All apprentice training centres are required to set up cost accounting systems. The rules for implementing this cost accounting system and the threshold above which this obligation applies are set by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Implementing provisions

Article L6323-46

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this chapter.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-4

Failure to comply with a ban on the export of a medicinal product issued by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé in application of article L. 5124-11 is punishable b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-4

The penalties imposed pursuant to this section may be accompanied by an obligation to display the notice in the public reception areas of the medical biology laboratory or the structure carrying out p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-4

I. - Directors of the management company of a fonds commun de placement, a fonds de placement immobilier, a fonds professionnel de placement immobilier, a fonds de financement spécialisé or a fonds co…

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