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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-23

…ad, where the report presented by the Board of Directors at the General Meeting pursuant to Article L. 225-102 establishes that shares held by the company's staff and by the staff of companies affilia…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L765-2

…ity of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation," are deleted; 2° In Article L. 711-2, the words: "or of one of the States listed in the first paragraph and for which he alone h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide information and training.

Article L4141-5

…orientation, training and skills passport as provided for in the second paragraph of II of article L. 6323-8 of this code, his prevention passport is integrated into it. It is implemented and managed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-2

…euros for the offences mentioned in 1° bis, 3°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 18°, 19°, 20° and 23° of Article L. 6241-1; 2° Two million euros for the offences mentioned in 1°, 2°, 4° in the case of a laboratory…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definition of the economic reason.

Article L1233-3

…b or the modification of an essential element of the employment contract is assessed at company level.Economic difficulties, technological change or the need to safeguard the competitiveness of the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contraceptives.

Article L5134-1

I A.-In application of articles L. 1111-2 and L. 1111-4, every person has the right to be informed about all contraceptive methods and to choose one freely. All healthcare professionals are responsibl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-7

…ohibition on payment of any claim arising after the opening judgment, not mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17. These prohibitions do not apply to the payment of maintenance claims. Similarly, it autom…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article L4141-2

…inter-regional cooperation;7° (Deleted);8° Decisions taken by overseas regions pursuant to articles L. 611-16 and L. 611-17 of the Mining Code;9° Decisions taken by the overseas regions pursuant to Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5711-4

…his Title may join another mixed syndicate defined in this Title or established pursuant to Article L. 5721-2, following the procedure defined in Article L. 5211-18.The accession of a semi-public asso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…places a tobacco product on the market without having submitted the declaration defined in Article L. 3512-17 ; 2° Failure by a tobacco product manufacturer or importer to submit a market survey in b…

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