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Showing 751760 of 36831 articles for Art. L 228-39

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5451-3

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions laid down in Article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in Article L. 5451-1 shall be liable, in addition to a fine in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-4

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in Article L. 5431-2 shall be liable, in addition to a fine…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L8234-2

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inArticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence of bargaining as defined in Article L. 8231-1 shall be subject to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-7

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inArticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences set out in this chapter, with the exception of Article L. 8256-1,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-37

Rents on leases of buildings or premises governed by the provisions of this chapter, whether renewed or not, may be revised at the request of either party subject to the reservations set out in articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

I. - When the mergers or demergers referred to in article L. 236-1 of the French Commercial Code involve transfers of contract portfolios carried out under the conditions provided for in article L. 38…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-6

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 4161-5 shall incur, in addition to the fine set…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-38

The operating revenue available to the Borough Council consists of a local management allocation and a local entertainment allocation.The local management grant is allocated for the exercise of the po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-43

The owners of securities referred to in the seventh paragraph of article L. 228-1 may be represented by a registered intermediary under the conditions laid down in the said article.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L8243-2

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inArticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence of unlawful lending of labour as provided for in Article L. 8241-1…

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