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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Prescription and orders for professional use.

Article R5132-5

Prescriptions and all orders for professional use of medicinal products or products intended for human medicine or medicinal products intended for veterinary medicine, classified as narcotics or subje…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Professional ethics of labour inspection staff

Article R8124-1

The provisions of this chapter constitute the code of ethics of the public labour inspection service.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution.

Article L8253-5

The registration of a preferential claim pursuant to Article L. 8253-2 may be cancelled in whole or in part at any time.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution.

Article L8253-4

…or of a third party legally bound to pay the special contribution, the lien whose registration has not been duly requested against the taxpayer may no longer be exercised for claims that were compuls…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution.

Article L8253-1

…f the first paragraph of article L. 8251-1 shall pay a special contribution for each foreign worker not authorised to work. The amount of this special contribution is determined under conditions laid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution.

Article L8253-2

Payment of the special levy is guaranteed by a lien on the movable property and effects of those liable, wherever they may be, with the same rank as that enjoyed by the Treasury pursuant to article 19…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution.

Article L8253-3

…le L. 8253-2 owed by a trader, a craftsman or a legal entity governed by private law, even if it is not a trader, are entered in a public register within six months of their due date for payment. The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-1

Any person who commits fraud or makes a false declaration in order to obtain, cause to be obtained or attempt to cause a foreign national to obtain the document referred to in article L. 8251-1 is lia…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-2

…an intermediary, recruits, retains or employs for any period whatsoever a foreign national who does not hold a permit authorising him/her to work in France, in breach of the provisions of the first pa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-6

Any foreigner guilty of the offences defined in article L. 8256-2 may be banned from French territory for up to ten years or permanently, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles 131-30 t…

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