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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing obligation for employers with fewer than eleven employees

Article L6331-1

…h fewer than eleven employees pay the vocational training contribution referred to in 2° of article L. 6131-2 of this code by paying 0.55% of the amount of earned income used to calculate the social s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…e santé may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 5421-8 , L. 5422-18 , L. 5423-8 , L. 5423-9, L. 5426-2 , L. 5438-1 , L. 5461-9 and L. 5462-8 , ex…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article L231-1

For the application of articles L. 232-1, L. 232-2, L. 232-3 and L. 232-4, a close link with the territory of a Member State is deemed to be established in particular: 1° If the contract has been conc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-13

…hares to the public, or which intends to make one of the offers referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, may provide that…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues aux articles L. 252-2 et L. 252-3, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Lien and enforcement of pledges

Article L124-1

…t is established without dispossession by the mere fact of the registration referred to in articles L. 123-1 and L. 123-2. Unless previously renewed, pledge registrations lapse on expiry of a period o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-13

…l employers' organisations, on the other hand, in respect of the mission mentioned in 1° of article L. 2135-11, at national level and at branch level. The methods for distributing the funds between em…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The impact of multiple managers and transactions

Article L481-11

The person mentioned in article L. 481-1 that has benefited from a total exemption from a financial penalty under a leniency procedure is only jointly and severally liable to compensate the damage suf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The impact of multiple managers and transactions

Article L481-10

As an exception to article L. 481-9, a small or medium-sized enterprise is not jointly and severally liable to compensate the damage suffered by victims other than its direct or indirect contractors w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The impact of multiple managers and transactions

Article L481-12

…several debtors, the amount of the contribution of the natural or legal person mentioned in article L. 481-1 which has benefited from a total exemption from a financial penalty pursuant to a leniency…

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