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Showing 601610 of 69438 articles for Art. s. L 242-8 and L 244-1 · Art. L 242-6

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Revitalisation of employment areas.

Article L1233-87

When a mass redundancy carried out by a company with at least fifty employees which is not subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave affects, by its scale, the balance of the employment ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to liquidation

Article L247-8

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for a liquidator, in bad faith: 1° Making use of the assets or credit of the company in liquidation that he knows to be contrary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-6-1

The account may be used by its holder to pay for training abroad under the conditions set out in article L. 6323-6.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594 F sexies

The departmental council may, by deliberation, reduce the rate of land registration tax or registration fees by up to 0.70% where the following conditions are met:1° The transfer is part of a transact…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-8

Authorised competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers ensure compliance with articles L. 3322-2, L. 3323-2, L. 3323-4 and L. 3323-6 as well as the regulations issued for their applicatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Control of legality

Article L2131-8

Without prejudice to the direct recourse available to it, if a natural or legal person is injured by an act mentioned in articles L. 2131-2 and L. 2131-3, it may, within two months of the date on whic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Career development advice

Article L6111-6-1

The bodies responsible for professional development counselling share the data relating to their counselling activity under the conditions set out in article L. 6353-10. Those who do not fulfil this o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-6

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the number of directors elected pursuant to article L. 225-27 may not be more than five nor exceed one-third of the number of o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

The status of judicial representative registered on the list is incompatible with the exercise of any other profession. It is, moreover, incompatible with: 1° All activities of a commercial nature, wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-6-1

The directors, managers and other members of staff of the undertaking or association of undertakings who have played a personal and decisive role in the design, organisation or implementation of the p…

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