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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R6227-1

Failure by an employer to comply with the provisions of articles L. 6222-1, L. 6222-2, L. 6222-11, L. 6222-24, L. 6223-2 to L. 6223-8, R. 6223-9, R. 6223-22 and R. 6223-23 is punishable by a fourth-cl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-2

As stated in article 223-9 of the French Criminal Code, reproduced below: "Legal entities may be held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2, for the offence defined in artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Communication to the Agency of information covered by medical or industrial secrecy

Article R1413-40

When the transmission of the individual information mentioned in Articles L. 1413-6, L. 1413-7 and L. 1413-8 is essential for the members of the national public health network to carry out their missi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain properties

Article L162-2

The garnishee shall leave at the disposal of the individual debtor, within the limit of the credit balance of the account(s) on the day of the seizure, a maintenance sum equal to the lump sum, for a s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R370

The first paragraph of Article R. 22 shall read as follows: "The chief clerk or revenue officer shall notify the examining magistrate of any failures or delays in the payment of the bond. "

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Action for cessation of unlawful conduct

Article L621-7

The associations mentioned in article L. 621-1 and organisations proving their inclusion on the list published in the Official Journal of the European Union pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2009/22/…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Undeclared work.

Article L8271-9

For the purposes of investigating and establishing breaches of the prohibition on undeclared work, inspection officers may ask to see and obtain immediate copies of the following documents, regardless…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-54

The person or persons designated by the social and economic committee, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 661-10 of the French Commercial Code, shall be heard by the competent court: 1° D…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Managing pharmacists

Article R5126-91

The provisions of article R. 5126-38 are applicable to the in-house pharmacies of the Paris fire brigade and the Marseille marine fire brigade.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-5

The companies promoting the operation to form a European holding company shall draw up a joint draft for the formation of the European company.This draft shall be filed with the registrar of the court…

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