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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-7

…fixed-term employment contract to the employee within two days of recruitment, in breach of article L. 1242-13, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-7

…roved in this context, provided that it has been renewed without interruption since its last approval.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-7

…mance of its duties.The information required to carry out its duties under 1°, 2° and 6° of article L. 1413-1 is sent to the Agency by :1° Health professionals ;2° The State and local authorities, the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 5: Traffic on waterways.

Article L343-7

The rules governing the use of watercraft on rivers are set out in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-7

…of Civil Enforcement Procedures; 2° Ships in the cases and conditions provided for by the articles L. 5114-20 and L. 5114-29 of the Transport Code; 3° Aircraft, in the cases and conditions provided f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances and preparations.

Article L5132-7

…ists I and II by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, without prejudice to the regulatory provisions applicable to poisonous pla…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-77

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the Ordinary General Meeting responsible for approving the financial statements for the financial year and the general partn…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-76

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the remuneration of the executive director(s) and the remuneration of the members of the supervisory board are determined in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Revision.

Article L2261-7-1

I. - The following are entitled to initiate the procedure for revising a company or establishment agreement: 1° Until the end of the electoral cycle during which this agreement was concluded, one or m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-7

…to in I of article 706-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure may, at the reasoned request of the Secretary General of the French Anti-Doping Agency, authorise by order the Agency's investigators to car…

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