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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-33

By way of derogation from Article L. 236-1 and where the laws of at least one of the Member States of the European Union involved in the merger so permit, the merger agreement may provide, for the cro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employers' groups.

Article L1255-13

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 1253-1 to L. 1253-10 and L. 1253-17 is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. A repeat offence is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-22

The following is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros: 1° Without having obtained the favourable opinion of a committee for the protection of individuals and, in the case o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L2242-11

The agreement concluded at the end of the negotiations referred to in Article L. 2242-10 specifies :1° The topics for negotiation and their frequency, so that at least every four years the topics ment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-5

The bodies referred to in article L. 6361-2 are required, with regard to the monitoring agents referred to in article L. 6361-5 : 1° Present the documents and records establishing the origin of the in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-1

The départements receive a flat-rate allocation, an equalisation allocation and a compensation allocation. All of these sums evolve in the same way as the overall operating allocation distributed.In 2…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 7: Control of cinema box office receipts

Article L212-34

…ce for the operator of a cinema to offer a spectator, irrespective of the terms of the offer, the sale of an admission ticket to a cinema screening: 1° Either combined, with or without a price supplem…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

I.-The French Anti-Doping Agency, an independent public authority, defines and implements actions to combat doping. To this end, it cooperates with the World Anti-Doping Agency and with the anti-dopin…

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

Article L1441-5

The following do not apply in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° The first paragraph, the first, third and fourth sentences of the second paragraph of I and the last seven paragraphs of III ofArticle L. 1434…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Agglomeration communities

Article L5842-27

I. - Articles L. 5216-4 and L. 5216-4-2 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5216-4:1° The words: "of Chapter III of…

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