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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L7221-1

This title applies to employees employed by private individuals in their private homes to carry out work of a family or household nature. The individual employer employs one or more employees in or ne…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

Under the conditions set out in this Title, administrative penalties may be imposed on persons who have failed to comply with the obligations resulting for them from: 1° Provisions adopted for the app…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Snowball sales and services

Article L132-19

The fact of carrying out a "snowball" sale or service or any similar process defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 121-15 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount…

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

Article L6362-1

The tax authorities, social security bodies, skills operators, Pôle emploi, the commissions mentioned in Article L. 6323-17-6, the bodies authorised to collect the funding contribution mentioned in Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: POWERS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7261-1

The Martinique Assembly exercises its powers under the conditions laid down in Title I of Book II of Part Three and Title II of Book II of Part Four, insofar as they do not conflict with the provision…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16-1

I.-For the duration of the research referred to in 1° of article L. 1121-1, the sponsor provides free of charge the investigational medicinal products and, where applicable, the ancillary medicinal pr…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Contracts comprising severable services

Article L1321-1

Where a purchaser decides to enter into a single contract even though the contract relates to objectively separable services which are subject, on the one hand, to the ordinary law governing contracts…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-127

A société d'investissement à capital fixe, known as a "SICAF", is a public limited company whose purpose is to manage a portfolio of financial instruments, deposits and liquid assets, allowing direct…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-134

Articles L. 224-1, L. 224-2, the second paragraph of article L. 225-68, the second paragraph of article L. 225-131, articles L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, L. 232-2 and L. 232-10 of the French Commercial C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-129

A SICAF is managed by a portfolio management company covered by article L. 532-9.

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