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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementation

Article L7332-4

The provisions of articles L. 3253-2 and L. 3253-3 relating to guarantees of remuneration in the context of safeguard, receivership or judicial liquidation proceedings apply to employee entrepreneurs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-4

…ionals, health centres and health centres, by the parties to the agreements referred to in articles L. 162-5, L. 162-9, L. 162-12-2, L. 162-12-9, L. 162-14 and L. 162-32-1 of the Social Security Code;…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Guarantee marks

Article L715-4

In addition to the grounds for refusal or invalidity provided for respectively in Articles L. 712-7 and L. 714-3, a guarantee trade mark shall be refused registration or, if registered, may be declare…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-46

…ms in excess of those he is authorised to demand or withhold pursuant to the provisions of articles L. 313-49, L. 313-52, L. 313-60 or L. 313-61 is punishable by a fine of 300,000 euros. Physical pers…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mobilisation of medium-term loans

Article L313-40

…of the rediscounting period, the credit institution holding the receivables referred to in Article L. 313-38 may not, unless otherwise stipulated in the agreements provided for in Article L. 313-37,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-4

…des an equalisation allocation made up of the urban equalisation allocation provided for in article L. 3334-6-1 and the minimum operating allocation provided for in article L. 3334-7.From 2005, the an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-4

…ship contract, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded in the cases mentioned in articles L. 1242-2 and L. 1242-3 and, in addition, when the apprentice must fulfil national service obligatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article L2344-4

For establishments or undertakings located in one of the States mentioned in Article L. 2341-1, other than France, the members of the special negotiating body and the employee representatives on the E…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Referral to the civil or administrative courts

Article L524-4

…ourt seised to order a civil fine when this is provided for by the provisions mentioned in Articles L. 511-5 à L. 511-7 or in Book IV.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Powers

Article L5217-4

…for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status whose transformation is mentioned in article L. 5217-1. The substitution of the metropolis for the public intercommunal cooperation establishment…

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