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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-2

Concluding a fixed-term employment contract for a purpose other than that provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 1242-2 or outside the cases provided for in that same article and in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-13

…its own shares by the company concerned, as defined in Articles D. 214-32-7-14 and D. 214-32-7-15; 3° Make every effort to prevent distributions, capital reductions, share buy-backs or the acquisitio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article R764-11

…'outre-mer";2° The words "third and fourth paragraphs" are replaced by the words "second paragraph";3° The references to Articles 17 to 19, 31 and 54 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of food vigilance

Article R1323-4

…Affairs and Fraud Control, the Directorate-General for Food and the Directorate-General for Health;3° Producers and distributors under the provisions of article L. 423-3 of the Consumer Code;4° The A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2312-21

…hundred employees, the quarterly information for the Social and Economic Committee provided for in 3° of Article L. 2312-69 sets out, month by month, the changes in the workforce and in the qualifica…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-8

Any new application for approval is made under the same conditions and according to the same procedure as that used to grant the initial approval: - in the case of a permanent modification to the encl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Breach of contract.

Article L7112-5

…riodical ; 2° Cessation of publication of the newspaper or periodical for any reason whatsoever; or 3° Significant change in the character or orientation of the newspaper or periodical if this change…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV BIS: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article D47-12-8

In application of the provisions of article 706-106-1, the Nanterre Judicial Court has concurrent jurisdiction throughout France with that resulting from the application of articles 43,52and 382 for t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Suspension of proceedings and difficulties of service

Article A444-23

The services listed under numbers 98 to 101 of Table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Fee 98 Act o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-28

I.-For the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° or 4° of article R. 5126-1, with the exception of army hospitals and the Institution nationale des invalides, the applicati…

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