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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article L6332-1-3

…the staff delegation of the social and economic committee and for the referent provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2314-1, required to carry out their duties in terms of health, safety a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Financial penalties imposed by the Regional Health Agency

Article L5472-1

…r in I of this article may not exceed €150,000 for a natural person and 10% of the turnover for the last financial year, up to a maximum of €1 million, for a legal entity. IV. - The Director General o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article D123-208-01

…of absence of employees provided for in these same articles is assessed on the closing date of the last financial year preceding the date of registration of the total and temporary cessation of activ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-34

…under the conditions provided for by Article L. 236-15, shall be lodged within three months of the last publication or the making available to the public of the draft terms of cross-border merger on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I : JOINT UNDERTAKINGS COMPOSED OF COMMUNES AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION OR EXCLUSIVELY PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS OF INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5711-1

…e not to proceed by secret ballot with the appointments of their delegates to a mixed syndicate.The last sentence of the second paragraph of Article L. 5211-17 shall not apply.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Investigations

Article D15-6

…lt it for the purposes of investigations. This copy is destroyed no later than five years after the last procedural act drawn up by the investigators.The technical details of the audiovisual recording…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D32-1-2

…person under investigation who is detained pursuant to Article 115, including in application of the last paragraph of this article, or by the lawyer appointed at his request in application of article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Bank.

Article R142-21-1

Pursuant to the last paragraph of Article L. 142-9 of the present Code, the General Council of the Banque de France draws up the budget allocated each year to social and cultural expenditure. The over…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-137

…ith the formalities provided for in Articles R. 214-138, R. 214-143, R. 214-144, R. 214-153 and the last paragraph of Article R. 214-160 shall first obtain the written consent of the members concerned…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article D221-113-3

…rms the holder immediately by any means. It will remind the holder of the conditions set out in the last paragraph of article L. 221-32-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code and of the penalties set ou…

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