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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for ratifying agreements in companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2232-22

Where the draft revision agreement or rider referred to in article L. 2232-21 is approved by a two-thirds majority of the workforce, it is deemed to be a valid company agreement. The revision agreemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-2

The prohibition provided for in article L. 1453-3, subject to the reservations provided for in articles L. 1453-6 to L. 1453-9, applies to the persons mentioned in article L. 1451-1 as well as to pers…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Criminal provisions

Article L642-2

It is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros for any person to obstruct an inspection or investigation by the Autorité des marchés financiers carried out under the condition…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Criminal provisions.

Article L5429-2

In the event of a repeat offence within a period of three years, the employer who has wrongly withheld the contribution provided for in 2° of Article L. 5422-9 and deducted it from wages shall be liab…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L2243-2

Failure to comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 2242-1 and L. 2242-20 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €3,750.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L5841-2

The provisions of articles L. 5111-1 to L. 5111-4 of the single chapter of the single title of Book I are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3141-23

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement concluded in application of article L. 3141-22 : 1° The continuous fraction of at least twelve working days is allocated during the period from 1st May…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip.

Article L3243-2

When wages are paid, the employer provides the persons mentioned in article L. 3243-1 with a supporting document known as a pay slip. The employer may not require any formality of signature or endorse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-29

The compulsory expenditure of the Corsican collectivity includes:1° Expenditure relating to the operation of the bodies of the Corsican collectivity and the upkeep of its administrative buildings;2° F…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-2

The following are attached to the territorial health administration: a) A territorial health and autonomy conference which exercises the powers devolved to the regional health and autonomy conference…

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