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Showing 27312740 of 58443 articles for Art. s. L 141-2 et seq.

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Administrative injunctions and penalties

Article L470-2

I. - The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs is the competent authority for imposing administrative fines to punish the breaches referred to in Title IV of this B…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medical surveillance of specific categories of workers.

Article L4625-2

An extended collective branch agreement may provide for derogations from the rules relating to the organisation and choice of the occupational health and prevention service and to the procedures for m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Compulsory liability insurance.

Article L241-2

Anyone who has building work carried out for someone else must be covered by liability insurance to cover the damage referred to in articles 1792 and 1792-2 of the Civil Code and resulting from his ow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2253-2

Municipalities and their groupings may, by deliberation of their deliberative bodies, acquire or receive shares in local semi-public companies meeting the conditions set by articles L. 1521-1 and L. 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII A: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article L681-2

I. - The court shall open proceedings provided for in Titles II to IV of this Book if the conditions are met. The provisions specific to open proceedings shall apply, subject to this title. II. - In t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article L2317-2

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2312-19, the failure, in a company with at least three hundred employees or in a separate establishment with at least three hundred employe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Financing

Article L4163-21

The expenses generated by the professional prevention account mentioned in article L. 4163-1 and its management are covered by the national bodies of the occupational injury and disease branch of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-2

I.-If the manufacturer of a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 or, where applicable, its authorised representativ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Work

Article L3215-2

The departmental council rules: 1° On the department's contributory share of expenditure that concerns both the department and the communes; 2° On the contributory share to be imposed on the departmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Social and tax regime.

Article L3332-27

The sums mentioned in article L. 3332-11 may be deducted by the company from its profits for the purposes of corporation tax or income tax, as the case may be. They are not taken into account for the…

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