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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Disciplinary measures.

Article L1331-1

Any measure, other than verbal comments, taken by the employer as a result of an action taken by the employee which the employer considers to be at fault, whether or not this measure is likely to have…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L1274-1

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in this Title shall also be liable to the additional penalty of disqualification, for a period of up to ten years, from engaging in the professional…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Sub-section 4: Tax in addition to registration duty or land registration tax.

Article L422-10

Article 1584 of the General Tax Code sets out the rules for the additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax levied on municipalities classified as seaside resorts, health resorts, c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-15

Where the applicant uses information communicated to him by the customs administration, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Conseiller prud'homme

Article L2438-1

Breaking the employment contract of an employee representative, candidate or former employee representative, in disregard of the provisions relating to the administrative authorisation procedure set o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L2164-1

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in this Title shall also be liable to the additional penalty of disqualification, for a period of up to ten years, from engaging in the professional…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Training obligation

Article L722-17

Commercial court judges are required to undergo initial and continuing training organised under conditions set by decree. Any commercial court judge who has not met the initial training requirement wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L7111-1

French Guiana is a territorial collectivity of the Republic governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, which exercises the powers attributed to an overseas department and an overseas region and all t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L7211-1

Martinique is a territorial collectivity of the Republic governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, which exercises the powers attributed to an overseas department and an overseas region and all the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-1

Chiropodists, on the basis of a diagnosis of chiropody which they have established beforehand, are the only ones qualified to treat directly epidermal disorders, limited to the horny layers and nail d…

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