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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Criminal provisions

Article L773-45

…rôle prudentiel et de résolution for the imposition of one of the penalties provided for in Article L. 612-39.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Criminal provisions

Article L774-45

…rôle prudentiel et de résolution for the imposition of one of the penalties provided for in Article L. 612-39.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L7121-16

…from all the artists making up the cast of the performance, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7121-12, is punishable, in the event of a repeat offence, by six months' imprisonment and a fine…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementation

Article L7332-6

…ibunal has sole jurisdiction to hear disputes relating to the contract referred to in 2° of Article L. 7331-2. Any clause conferring jurisdiction included in a contract concluded between an associate…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-4

…eties that are not clearly distinguishable from the protected variety within the meaning of Article L. 623-2 ; 2° Varieties whose production requires the repeated use of the protected variety; 3° Vari…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Branch agreements and professional agreements.

Article L2232-9

…It draws up an annual activity report which it enters in the national database mentioned in article L. 2231-5-1. This report shall include an assessment of the company collective agreements concluded…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L5111-7

…result of a reorganisation provided for in the present part benefits from the provisions of article L. 714-9 of the General Civil Service Code.I bis. - With regard to the employees mentioned in I, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-4

…Cooperative societies of retail traders which carry on the activities referred to in 2° of article L. 124-1 may, in addition, admit as members any person referred to in Article L. 125-1.Retail trader…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies.

Article L224-3

…for drawing up the report on the company's situation referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 223-43. In this case, only one report is drawn up. These statutory auditors are subject to the in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-39

Where the publishing company or the company controlling it, within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code, publishes several press titles, a company agreement may provide for t…

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