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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Membership.

Article L2261-6

…adherence to such an agreement is subject to the approval of the organisations mentioned in article L. 2232-16, after negotiations on the matter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Annual consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2312-31

…e to any employee who so requests.It is made available to the labour inspector mentioned in article L. 8112-1, together with the opinion of the social and economic committee, within fifteen days of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3122-20

…tween 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. is considered to be night work and, for the activities mentioned in Article L. 3122-3, any work performed between midnight and 7 a.m. is considered to be night work.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Operation of the company

Article L4042-1

Remuneration paid for the professional activities referred to in 2° and 3° of article L. 4041-2 constitutes revenue for the company and is received by it. By way of exception, when these activities ar…

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

Article L490-4

…a legal entity that has, for less than two years, been convicted of the offence defined by article L. 442-5 commits the same offence, the maximum rate of the fine incurred is equal to ten times that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L645-7

…e judicial representative or the person chosen on the basis of the first paragraph of II of article L. 812-2 or on the basis of III of the same article may take any action necessary to preserve the de…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article L712-3

…orfeiture of the benefit of the procedure for dealing with overindebtedness provided for in Article L. 761-1 is pronounced by the commission, by a decision subject to appeal, or by the protection liti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article L611-2

…onsumer mediation applies to a national or cross-border dispute between a consumer and a professional. It is governed by the provisions of this Title and, insofar as they are not contrary to them, by…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: MEASURES APPLICABLE IN THE EVENT OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article L754-7

…nsiders that it cannot examine the application under the accelerated procedure mentioned in article L. 754-6 or if it recognises the foreign national as a refugee or grants him or her the benefit of s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Municipal services

Article L2564-17

For the application to Mayotte of Article L. 2224-8 : 1° In the second paragraph of I, the reference to the year 2013 is replaced by the reference to the year 2015; 2° In the fifth paragraph of III, t…

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