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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L8243-1

…her directly or through an intermediary, is punishable by twelve months' imprisonment and a fine of 12,000 euros. In all cases, the court may order the posting or broadcasting of the decision handed d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Competition Authority.

Article R464-16

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R621-7

…g in plenary session and at least three members when deciding in section. When, pursuant to Article 12 of the aforementioned Act of 20 January 2017, a member does not take part in the deliberations of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-37

…representative of the trade unions representing craftsmen, shopkeepers and the liberal professions;12° One representative of farmers' trade unions;13° A representative of associations working to comb…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration on the jobseekers' list

Article R5221-48

…L. 426-12 of the same code authorising its holder to work from the second year…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-9

…obligation to monitor patients and collect information, or if the conditions set out in Article L. 5121-12-1 are no longer met, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional hospitals

Article D6141-15

…onal de Martinique ;10° Grenoble regional hospital centre;11° Centre hospitalier régional de Lille ;12° Centre hospitalier régional de Limoges ;13° Hospices civils de Lyon ;14° Assistance publique-hôp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1st Subsection: General provisions

Article 223 B bis

…I does not take into account the result relating to the contracts mentioned in 3 of III of article 212 bis determined under the conditions of this II, nor the result mentioned in b of 2 of IV of this…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 H

…ost and Electronic Communications Code, and which are installed between 3 July 2018 and 31 December 2022, are not subject to this tax for their first five years of taxation. An order by the minister r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-17

…ar, an allocation reduced by one-third. This paragraph does not apply to communes newly eligible in 2022.V. - The terms of application of this article are specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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