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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article R531-2

The fact of offering for sale or selling, without waiting for the results of an official inspection in progress, goods recognised as not conforming to the regulations or as falsified following the inv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R533-21

The other convertible instruments referred to in 3° of Article L. 533-30-11 that may be used for the allocation of variable compensation are the only instruments that may be fully converted into Tier…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions applicable to the regulatory and supervisory authorities

Article R641-2

Any manager of a person referred to in I and 3° of II of Article L. 612-2 who fails to make the transfer referred to in the last paragraph of Article R. 612-32 is liable to a fifth-class fine.Repetiti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3135-4

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3134-3 to L. 3134-9 specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements or the decrees issued for their application is punishable by a fif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-4

Employing a worker under the age of eighteen on the work referred to in article L. 4153-9 in breach of the conditions set out in that article and in the decrees issued for its application is punishabl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Disciplinary procedure

Article R4323-3

The provisions of articles R. 4126-1 to R. 4126-54 are applicable to masseur-physiotherapists and chiropodists. For the application of article R. 4126-2, the reference to article L. 4112-7 is replaced…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article D6323-3-3

The personal training account of the employee benefiting from the employment obligation mentioned in article L. 5212-13 is topped up annually by 300 euros in respect of the increase provided for in th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-12

Decisions concerning the execution or destruction of works on the land of others may only be executed after the deposit of a bond, the amount of which is set by the court and which serves as a guarant…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-14

The provisions of articles L. 4441-2, L. 4441-3 and L. 4441-4 to L. 4441-11 are applicable to the disciplinary chamber of the order of dental surgeons of New Caledonia and French Polynesia subject to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.

Article R625-4

The mandataire judiciaire or the commissaire à l'exécution du plan shall return to the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Code du travail the sums advanced by them that have not been…

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