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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Annual leave.

Article L3164-9

Regardless of their length of service in the company, employees under the age of twenty-one on 30 April of the previous year are entitled, if they so request, to a holiday of thirty working days. They…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-7

A fine of 15,000 euros shall be imposed on the person responsible, as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009, for placin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-6

The person responsible, as determined by Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products, shall be liable to one year's…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional representation

Article L7111-9

In companies in which a specific electoral college is created for professional journalists and persons treated as such, where the agreement or convention only concerns journalists or persons treated a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-23

I.-The collectivity of Corsica shall benefit from the proceeds of the domestic consumption tax on energy products and the domestic tax on insurance policies available to the territorial collectivity o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Leasing

Article L313-9

The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article 3-1 of decree no. 53-960 of 30 September 1953 (1), as amended and supplemented by law no. 65-356 of 12 May 1965, do not apply to property l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prenatal diagnosis.

Article L2161-1

As stated in Article 511-20 of the French Penal Code, reproduced below: "The act of carrying out prenatal diagnosis without having received the authorisation referred to in article L. 2131-1 of the Pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1-1: Single integration contract.

Article L5134-19-4

The President of the Departmental Council signs an annual agreement on objectives and resources with the State, prior to the granting of the subsidies for professional integration provided for in arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-26

In the context of a clinical investigation involving an intervention that is not justified by the patient's usual care and that involves risks and constraints that are not minimal, failure by the spon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Criminal provisions

Article L773-47

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the sam…

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