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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and opening conditions.

Article L6325-1

The purpose of the professionalisation contract is to enable people to acquire one of the qualifications set out in article L. 6314-1 and to promote professional integration or reintegration. This con…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Community Designs

Article L515-1

Any infringement of the rights defined in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs constitutes an infringement giving rise to civil liability on the par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-8

In response to emergency situations or a serious shortage of local supply, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may authorise the medical biology laboratory to continue certain activitie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Criminal penalties

Article L2223-35

The fact of managing, in law or in fact, a public authority, company, association or establishment without the authorisation provided for in articles L. 2223-23, L. 2223-41 and L. 2223-43 or when it i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-20

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies authorised to provide the services mentioned in 1, 2 or 3 of Article L. 321-1 may initiate or conclude transactions with eligibl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Titre Emploi-Service Entreprise.

Article L1273-5

Employers who use the "Titre Emploi-Service Entreprise" are deemed to have complied with the following formalities, by giving the employee and sending the authorised body the parts of the job voucher…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L3332-2

Non-tax revenue from the operating section consists in particular of:1° Income and proceeds from departmental properties;2° Proceeds from copies of old documents or deeds deposited in the archives;3°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L1471-1

Any action relating to the performance of the employment contract shall be barred after two years from the date on which the person bringing the action knew or ought to have known of the facts enablin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investmen…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Fines for companies landing foreign nationals without the required documents

Article L821-7

The road transport companies mentioned in article L. 821-6 are those operating international routes from a State that is not a party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 in the form of…

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