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Showing 14811490 of 35258 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 16-D-24 du 8 Nov 2016

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Succession of contracts.

Article L6222-16

…trial period may be imposed, unless otherwise stipulated in the collective bargaining agreement.The duration of the apprenticeship contract is taken into account when calculating the employee's pay an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-16

The training courses eligible for the personal training account are those mentioned in article L. 6323-6.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-16

Failure to comply with the formalities prescribed by Article L. 6352-12 when advertising a declaration of activity is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €4,500.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties for non-compliance with the obligation to declare and provide information

Article L7122-16

…y measure which does not have to be specifically justified. V -To set the amount of the fine or the duration of the closure of an establishment, the competent administrative authority will take into a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-16

…children under the age of twelve in their performances; 4° Any person employing a child as a model during a school holiday period for a number of days exceeding half the duration of the holiday.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L7121-16

For an artistic agent holding a live performance contractor's licence and producing a live performance to receive a commission from all the artists making up the cast of the performance, in breach of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Customer compensation.

Article L7313-16

Customer compensation cannot be determined on a flat-rate basis in advance.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Protection of representatives

Article L7343-16

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the administrative authorisation procedure provided for in Article L. 7343-13 to terminate the commercial contract entered into with a representative…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Illegal provision of labour.

Article L8271-16

…part of their task of combating the illegal loan of labour, the officers referred to in Article L. 8112-1 may ask to see estimates, order forms or work orders, invoices and contracts or commercial do…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Obligations of the recipient organisation

Article R1221-16

The body referred to in article R. 1221-3 shall keep the data contained therein for a period of six months from the date of receipt for the purposes of the administrations, departments, bodies or inst…

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