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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-5-1

The President of the Assembly of Corsica may decide that the meeting of the Assembly is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the Assembly of Corsica is held by videocon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-3

I. - Public establishments for intercommunal cooperation, at least one of which has its own tax status, may be authorised to merge under the following conditions.The proposed perimeter of the new publ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions for the employment of children by approved persons.

Article L7124-4-1

When the child is engaged, in application of 5° of article L. 7124-1, the individual authorisation takes the form of an agreement.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-4

The control officers referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 shall communicate their official reports relating to any of the offences constituting illegal employment referred to in 1° to 4° of article L. 8…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-5-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, the veterinary medicinal products referred to in paragraph 6 of the same Article sha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-4

The insurance scheme provided for in article L. 143-11-1 is implemented by an association set up by the most representative national professional employers' organisations and approved by the Minister…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-4-2

The provisions of Article L. 1226-4 also apply to employees on fixed-term employment contracts.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-18-4

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 224-25-5 to L. 224-25-9 relating to the formation, modification and duration of the contract is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1a: Unilateral employer document

Article L1233-24-4

In the absence of an agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1, a document drawn up by the employer after the last meeting of the social and economic committee sets out the content of the job prot…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1

The judicial representative may exercise his profession as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in Article L. 812-2. A natural person registered on this list ma…

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