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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L354-3

The following shall apply in French Polynesia, New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in Article L. 354-1, the provisions of the articles mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-3

The penalties provided for in Article 459 (1) of the Customs Code shall apply to the persons referred to in Article L. 562-4, their managers or agents and, in the case of persons subject to a freezing…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion to part-time or full-time work

Article L3123-3

Part-time employees who wish to take up or return to a job of at least the same duration as that mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 3123-7 or a full-time job and full-time employees who wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial company

Article L247-3

A fine of 18,000 euros shall be imposed on the chairmen, directors, members of the management board, managing directors or managers of companies for contravening the provisions of articles L. 233-29 t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L680-3

The provisions of Titles I to VI of this Book which concern the rights or obligations of the creditors of a debtor who is an individual entrepreneur with limited liability shall apply, unless otherwis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single section: Administrative police measures

Article L532-3

Failure to carry out measures ordered pursuant to articles L. 521-4 to L. 521-16 and L. 521-19 to L. 521-22 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €15,000. The fine may be increased to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reporting obligations relating to certain occupational risk factors

Article L4163-3

The mere fact that an employer has declared a worker's exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in I of article L. 4163-1 under the conditions and in the form provided for in the same artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of risks of exposure to ionising radiation.

Article L4451-3

The person appointed by the employer to advise on the radiation protection of workers is bound by professional secrecy under the penalties and conditions set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the F…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-3

I. - For operations with optional membership, the information sheet provided by the policyholder to the member at the time of enrolment includes, in addition to the information mentioned in the second…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article L613-35

I. - The following are subject to the obligation to draw up and maintain a preventive recovery plan:1° Credit institutions subject to direct supervision by the European Central Bank pursuant to Articl…

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