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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional organisations

Article L2135-2

…de unions and their associations and the employees' or employers' associations mentioned in Article L. 2135-1 which control one or more legal entities within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 of the Fr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions applicable to the armed forces health service

Article L4011-5

…lth service and throughout the national territory of the cooperation protocols mentioned in article L. 4011-3;2° The Minister for Defence may also authorise, by decree, the implementation for the enti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Control.

Article L6116-3

…t of non-compliance with the obligation to provide information, the penalty provided for in Article L. 6113-8 shall apply.On the basis of this accounting data, the Regional Health Agency checks that t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-2

…able, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to IV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-2 law no. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 L. 5211-3 O…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-23-1

The lessor may, at the end of a three-year period, in the forms provided for by article L. 145-9 and at least six months in advance, repossess residential premises rented as an accessory to business p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-20-1

An employee employed by a public entity that does not pay the contribution mentioned in article L. 6331-1 may use his personal training account in application of article 22 ter of law no. 83-634 of 13…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-8

…torité de la concurrence shall enjoin under penalty, within the limit provided for in II of Article L. 464-2, the parties to notify the transaction, unless they revert to the pre-merger state. The pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-8

…ntended for pet food for which the general terms and conditions of sale are subject to I of article L. 441-1-1, a written agreement concluded between the supplier and his buyer sets out the reciprocal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-10

…the administrative authority, concluded within six months of the validation provided for inarticle L. 1237-19-3, determines, where applicable on the basis of a social and territorial impact study pre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting of positions

Article L420-16

…of persons mentioned in IV for the different commodity derivatives, the units mentioned in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code or the financial contracts whose underlying assets are the latter…

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