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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1443-1

Undermining or attempting to undermine either the free nomination of candidates for the appointment of labour tribunal members, or the independence or proper performance of the duties of labour tribun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: The Examining Magistrate

Article 52-1

There are one or more investigating judges in each département. Where there are several judicial courts in a department, a decree may determine the list of courts in which there is no investigating ju…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article L522-1

The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs is the competent authority for imposing administrative fines for breaches of the provisions mentioned in articles L. 511-5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health and the environment

Article L1533-1

The provisions of Title III of Book III of this Part are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories subject to the following adaptations: 1° In Articles L. 1333-8 and L. 1333-30, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-111

Aid for future employment may be granted to the following employers: 1° Private not-for-profit organisations; 2° Local authorities and groups of local authorities; 3° Other legal entities governed by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIa : Changing the sex indication in civil status records

Article 1055-5

An application for a change of gender and, where applicable, forenames in civil status records, shall be brought: 1° Either before the court within whose jurisdiction the person concerned resides; >or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-15-1

The order of preference between creditors registered on the business and creditors registered on an element of the business is determined by the dates on which the respective titles were published. Cr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-1

The provisions of Book I of Part IV, in the version resulting from Law No. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system, with the exception of Articles L. 4…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-1

I. - Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the provisions of this Title are applicable to statutory auditors in the performance of their professional activities, whatever the nature of the en…

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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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