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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements relating to Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and commercial requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009

Article L362-1

…ers and direct debits in euro and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009, detected pursuant toArticle L. 511-7 of the French Consumer Code, shall be subject to an administrative fine not exceeding the f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-11

…rked a minimum number of hours during a specified period in one of the companies defined in article L. 5424-6 prior to the work stoppage.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L3321-1

…undertaking or the economic and social unit in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article L. 130-1 of the Social Security Code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-10

Collective management organisations are not authorised to use the income mentioned in 1° of article L. 324-9 for any purpose other than its distribution to right holders. However, they may deduct cert…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Revision.

Article L2261-7-1

…more trade union organisations representing employees in the field of application of the agreement. II. - The validity of a revision amendment is assessed in accordance with Section 3 of Chapter II of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: The industrial tribunal.

Article L1523-1

For the application of article L. 1441-4 to the industrial tribunals of Guadeloupe, the words: "at departmental level" are replaced by the words: "in Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin".

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-10

…physical and simultaneous presence of the parties. For off-premises contracts as defined inarticle L. 221-1 of the French Consumer Code, a copy or confirmation of the contract is provided to the pass…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Valuation of public property by the holder of the partnership contract

Article L2233-1

In order to enhance the value of a part of the domain, the purchaser may, after having delimited, if necessary, the assets belonging to the public domain, authorise the holder:1° To grant authorisatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Management

Article L214-102-1

The provisions of article L. 214-24-28 shall apply to AIFs covered by this paragraph.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-3-1

Persons who, on 29 November 1997, were performing the duties of medical laboratory technician in a blood establishment without fulfilling the required conditions but who, on 23 May 2004, can provide p…

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