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

Article L2135-10

…ources of the joint fund are made up of : 1° A contribution from the employers mentioned in article L. 2111-1 of the present code, based on the remuneration paid to the employees mentioned in the same…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to Book III

Article L2643-1

…he application of the legislative provisions of Book III to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° In Article L. 2313-2, the words: "or a public body of the European Union" are deleted; 2° In Article L. 2313-3,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3116-1

…itle I of Book III of Part One of this Code are applicable to the detection of breaches of Articles L. 3111-4 and L. 3114-1 to L. 3114-6 or the regulations made for their application.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special control rules.

Article L1246-1

…al, film production and sound recording publishing sectors, the control agents mentioned in article L. 8112-1 as well as the agents of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the regional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use of funds by skills operators to pay for work-linked training, personal training accounts and skills development for companies with fewer than fifty employees

Article L6332-14

…e skills operator covers the following costs under the financial section mentioned in 1° of article L. 6332-3: 1° Apprenticeship and professionalisation contracts at the level set by the branches or,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Voluntary termination of pregnancy

Article L2432-1

The provisions of articles L. 2212-1, L. 2212-7 and L. 2212-8 (first paragraph) are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. For the application of the first paragraph of article L…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-1

…ods suspected of infringing a registered design are detained after a request referred to in article L. 521-14 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a registered design may be destroyed unde…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-17

Approved sports federations, professional leagues created pursuant to article L. 132-1, supporters' associations and associations whose purpose is to prevent violence at sporting events approved by th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L783-15

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 634-1 to L. 634-3 law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 2022 L. 634-4 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L784-15

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 634-1 to L. 634-3 law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 2022 L. 634-4 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016…

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