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Showing 35613570 of 6040 articles for Art. 11 déc. 1996

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-7

…is liable to a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Criminal Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-7

…public finance responsible for audits and to the budget controller provided for in article D. 5427-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ban on recruiting new apprentices

Article R6225-12

…The decision to lift the ban on recruiting new apprentices, taken in application of article R. 6225-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Holiday pay

Article R7213-12

…resignation or death of the employee, the indemnities provided for in articles R. 7213-9 to R. 7213-11 are payable under the conditions determined by articles L. 3141-28 to L. 3141-30, relating to hol…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-12

…egate this task to agents under his hierarchical authority. The persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 may take biological samples intended to reveal the use of prohibited methods or to detect the pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

…te for poor farm management in disregard of paragraph 1 of Article 107 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and paragraph 3 of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies GE

…enses for accounting purposes and their reversals which the persons mentioned in 1° to 6° and 9° to 11° of B of I of Article L. 612-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code made pursuant to the legislativ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HI

…it from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by l'article 1er-1 de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985, portant diverses dispositions d'ordre économique et financier, ni du régime prévu e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3116-5

…th authorities facts that he is obliged to disclose pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 3115-7 and b of 1° of article L. 3115-11, is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 3,75…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L922-1

To articles L. 225-177, L. 225-179 and L. 233-11, the words: "the date of publication of the loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001" are replaced by the words: "the date of publication of the l'ordonnance n°…

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