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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-14

…ally employs less than eleven employees:1° The nullity of the dismissal, as provided for in Article L. 1235-11 ; 2° (deleted) ;3° Failure to respect the priority of re-employment, as provided for in A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-14

…d which have received more than 3% of the votes cast in the elections provided for in 3° of article L. 2122-9 collect the sums due to the territorial organisations and trade union organisations that a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-16

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-22

…articles L. 115-4 and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-198

…ion of the Extraordinary General Meeting and using distributable sums within the meaning of Article L. 232-11. This amortisation may only be carried out by means of an equal repayment on each share of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-15

…ticle.These veterinarians are subject to the rules on prescribing and dispensing set out in Article L. 5143-5.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-12

I.-A fine of €37,500 is imposed on the companies mentioned in Article L. 5142-1 for offering or providing benefits, in kind or in cash, to the professionals mentioned in Article L. 5143-2, the groups…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-23

…n the case of clinical investigations mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1125-1, the authorisation of the competent authority; 2° Under conditions contrary to the provisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-22

…nd, in the case of performance studies mentioned in the second to fifth paragraphs of II of Article L. 1126-1, the authorisation of the competent authority; 2° Under conditions contrary to the provisi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-20

…nditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 312-14, L. 312-15, L. 312-16, L. 332-8, L. 332-9 and L. 332-10, in the second paragraph of articl…

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