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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L7221-2

The only provisions applicable to the employee defined in Article L. 7221-1 are those relating to : 1° Moral harassment, as provided for in articles L. 1152-1 et seq., sexual harassment, as provided f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-2

Industrial property titles protecting inventions are:1° Patents for invention, granted for a term of twenty years from the date of filing of the application;2° Utility certificates, granted for a term…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Membership of a community of communes in a mixed syndicate.

Article L5214-27

Unless otherwise stipulated, and confirmed by the decision establishing the community of communes, the community of communes' membership of a mixed syndicate is subject to the agreement of the municip…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial solidarity of the principal.

Article L8254-2

Without prejudice to the application of articles L. 8222-1 to L. 8222-6, a person who fails to comply with article L. 8254-1 is jointly and severally liable with his co-contractor for payment of: 1° T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-24

Any person shall be liable to five years' imprisonment and a fine of €37,500 if : 1° In their capacity as an employer, self-employed person, member of the liberal professions or self-employed person,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social and tax arrangements for profit-sharing.

Article L3325-2

Sums allocated in accordance with Article L. 3323-2 are exempt from income tax.Income from sums allocated by way of profit-sharing and used for the same purpose is exempt under the same conditions. Th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Registration and deregistration

Article L752-2

As soon as a debtor applies to a personal over-indebtedness commission, it informs the Banque de France for the purposes of registration in the file.The same obligation is incumbent on the registry of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Legitimate possession and lawful obtaining of a business secret

Article L151-2

A legitimate holder of a business secret is one who lawfully has control of it.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to local authorities and local public bodies

Article L2223-2

The deliberative assembly of the local authority or the deliberative body of the local public institution authorises the executive body to sign the partnership contract.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to local authorities and local public bodies

Article L2221-2

In the case of local authorities and their public bodies, the assessment of how the project is to be carried out, the budgetary sustainability study and the opinions on these are presented to the deli…

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