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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his delegate.

Article L4741-6

The provisions of articles L. 4741-1 to L. 4741-5 and L. 4741-9 to L. 4742-1 do not apply to the establishments mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 4111-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-6

Subject to articles L. 4232-4, L. 4232-6, L. 4232-13 and L. 4232-14, the members of the councils and delegations of the Ordre des pharmaciens are elected by a single-ballot majority system. Each pair…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-62

I. - The provisions of this article shall apply where there is no agreement between the European Union and a State which is not a member of the Union and where an existing agreement does not deal with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-66

Aid for professional integration under an initiative-employment contract may be granted to the following employers: 1° Employers mentioned in article L. 5422-13 and in 3° and 4° of article L. 5424-1 ;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-6

The files monitored by the judicial representative or the person mentioned in III of article L. 812-2 who leaves office, for whatever reason, shall be distributed by the court among the other agents o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Opening and funding of the occupational prevention account

Article L4163-6

Points are awarded on the basis of the employee's exposure declared by the employer, on the basis of the declaration mentioned in article L. 4163-1, to the fund mentioned in articles L. 215-1, L. 222-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2372-6

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 2372-4, the managers of each of the companies participating in the cross-border operation negotiate with the special negotiating body wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Self-employed managers of food retail branches.

Article L7322-6

Any clause conferring jurisdiction included in a contract concluded between an undertaking referred to in article L. 7322-2 and a self-employed branch manager is null and void.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Additional penalties

Article L823-6

Foreign nationals convicted under Articles L. 823-1, L. 823-2 or L. 823-3 are subject to deportation from French territory:1° For a maximum of ten years, in the event of conviction under Articles L. 8…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refugees

Article L424-6

When refugee status is terminated by a final decision of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons or by a court decision, or when the foreign national renounces this stat…

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