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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Member of the Special Negotiating Body, the European Works Council, the European Company Committee, the Committee of the European Cooperative Society or the Committee of the Company resulting from the cross-border merger

Article L2435-1

…ean Works Council, in disregard of the provisions relating to the administrative authorisation procedure provided for in this book, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Dismissal of an employee who is a member of a joint committee for health, safety and working conditions in agriculture.

Article L2411-15

…horisation is also required for an employee who has sat as a staff representative on this committee during the first six months following the expiry of his or her term of office or the disappearance o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Local representative

Article L2433-1

…cal representative in disregard of the provisions relating to the administrative authorisation procedure provided for in this book, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Employee member of the board of directors or supervisory board of a company

Article L2436-1

…limited by shares, in disregard of the provisions relating to the administrative authorisation procedure set out in this book, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros. A rep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2511-1

…particular with regard to pay and social benefits. Any dismissal made in the absence of gross misconduct is automatically null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Protection in the event of a partial transfer of undertaking or establishment.

Article L2414-1

…2232-26, as soon as the employer is aware of his imminent appointment, or former employee mandated, during the six months following the date on which his mandate ended. Where no agreement has been rea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L2375-1

Obstructing either the establishment of a special negotiating body or a committee of the company resulting from the cross-border merger, whether or not set up by agreement, or the free appointment of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employee member of the board or administrator of a social security fund.

Article L2411-18

In accordance witharticle L. 231-11 of the Social Security Code, the procedure for authorising dismissal and the periods and duration of protection for employees who are members of the board or admini…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 12: Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture.

Article L2412-12

When an employee representing a chamber of agriculture has a fixed-term employment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inarticle L. 515-4 of the French Rural a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Public companies and public industrial and commercial establishments.

Article L2522-10

The conciliation procedure involves, under the chairmanship of the minister responsible for the public company or public establishment, the management of the public company or public establishment and…

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