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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining.

Article L3141-10

Subject to the specific terms and conditions laid down in application of article L. 3141-32, a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement may : 1° Fix the start of the ref…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-1

…ubject of psychiatric care on the decision of the director of an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 when the following two conditions are met:1° Their mental disorder makes it impossible for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10-1

…s relationship, product or transaction appears to them to be high, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall implement the provisions of Articles L. 561-5, L. 561-5-1 and L. 561-6 in the form of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-1

Carrying out the activities referred to in article L. 1222-1-1 or any other activity related to blood transfusion without holding the approval provided for in article L. 1222-11 or, where applicable,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L764-1

…2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wording resulting fromL. 700-1In Title IL. 710-1L. 711-1 and L. 711-2In Title IIL. 720-1L. 721-1 to L. 722-11In Title IIIL…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-1

…representative professional group of employers for the benefit of their employees or former employees. They are of a collective nature, determined within the framework of one of the procedures mention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L1146-1

…with the provisions relating to professional equality between men and women, as set out in articles L. 1142-1 and L. 1142-2, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 Euros. The cou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-14

…ally employs less than eleven employees:1° The nullity of the dismissal, as provided for in Article L. 1235-11 ; 2° (deleted) ;3° Failure to respect the priority of re-employment, as provided for in A…

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

Article L2135-14

…d which have received more than 3% of the votes cast in the elections provided for in 3° of article L. 2122-9 collect the sums due to the territorial organisations and trade union organisations that a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint local committees.

Article L2234-1

…departmental or regional level, by agreement concluded under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2231-1. Agreements concluded in application of the first paragraph may provide that the compositi…

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