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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L753-15

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Supplementary apprenticeship contribution

Article L6242-1

I.-An additional apprenticeship contribution is payable annually by companies with at least two hundred and fifty employees who are liable for the apprenticeship tax in application of article L. 6241-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-5

I.-The agglomeration community automatically exercises the following competencies in place of the member municipalities: 1° In terms of economic development: economic development actions under the con…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-7-1

Any person who contravenes the provisions of article L. 221-10-1 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements of decisions taken by the Labour Inspectorate with regard to health and safety at work

Article L4752-2

Failure by the employer to comply with requests for checks, measurements or analyses made by the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer referred to in Article L. 8112-1 in application of Article L. 47…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-8-9

Once the offences provided for in articles L. 716-9 and L. 716-10, to the seizure of products unlawfully manufactured, imported, held, offered for sale, delivered or supplied and of equipment speciall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Fund management.

Article L6332-5-1

The skills operator is subject to the second and third paragraphs of I of article L. 441-10 and I of article L. 441-11 of the French Commercial Code for the deadline for payment of sums due to trainin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

An organisation mentioned in 1° of Article L. 135-1 may not apply Article L. 135-2 only after having: 1° Carried out diligent, proven and serious searches for rightholders, pursuant to the first parag…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Protected designation of origin, protected geographical indication, traditional speciality guaranteed

Article L432-4

It is prohibited:1° To issue a protected designation of origin, a protected geographical indication or a traditional speciality guaranteed without meeting the conditions laid down in article L. 642-3…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-8

…vestigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Of the third paragraph of article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, in co…

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