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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-17

Failure by the persons referred to in article L. 526-35 of this Code to observe professional secrecy is punishable by the penalties set out in article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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

Article L2135-17

Bodies that are managed by a majority of employees' trade union organisations and employers' professional organisations that appear on the list referred to in 2° of I of article L. 2135-10 and whose B…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-17

Delegation hours are automatically considered as working time and paid at the normal rate. If the employer wishes to contest the use made of delegation time, he must refer the matter to the courts.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges.

Article L2314-17

Where the court, having been seized of the matter prior to the elections, decides to set up a system to monitor the regularity, freedom and fairness of the ballot, the costs incurred by these measures…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2312-17

The social and economic committee is consulted under the conditions defined in this section on :1° The strategic orientations of the company ;2° The economic and financial situation of the company;3°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2316-17

The agenda for meetings of the Central Social and Economic Committee is drawn up by the Chairman and the Secretary. Consultations made compulsory by a legislative or regulatory provision or by a colle…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-17

The agenda for meetings of the European Company Committee is drawn up by the Chairman and the Secretary. It is communicated to the members of the Committee at least fifteen days before the date of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article L2343-17

Documents sent to employee representatives include a French version.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Employee representatives on company boards of directors or supervisory boards.

Article L2411-17

The dismissal of an employee representative on the board of directors or supervisory board of public-sector companies, limited companies and partnerships limited by shares may only take place with the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substitute team.

Article L3132-17

The agreement or arrangement providing for the setting up of a stand-by team shall include provisions concerning : 1° The specific conditions for implementing training for staff working in a stand-by…

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