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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L1225-71

Failure by the employer to comply with the provisions of articles L. 1225-1 to L. 1225-28 and L. 1225-35 to L. 1225-69 may give rise, in favour of the employee, to the award of compensation determined…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-71

In the event of the formation of companies by way of merger or division, the articles R. 814-59 to R. 814-62, R. 814-69, R. 814-70, R. 814-117, R. 814-122-1 and R. 814-148 are applicable.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R294

I.-The first two paragraphs of article R. 69 are worded as follows: "The clerk of the court of first instance of the place of birth, for natural persons, and of the place of the registered office of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-28

The fact, for any trader, of submitting to a consumer an offer for the conclusion of any contract or group of contracts mentioned in articles L. 224-69 and L. 224-70, not in accordance with the provis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 9: Organisation of training leading to qualifications in physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article A212-175-12

For training courses corresponding to one or more specific environments, the authorisation provided for in articles R. 212-32, R. 212-48, R. 212-64 and R. 212-69-2 cannot be issued to establishments t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-70

The publication formalities required when the institutions mentioned in 1 and 2 of article L. 512-69 are created or in the event of subsequent acts or deliberations are determined by the decree provid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L912-1-1

The words: "la loi n° 2005-882 du 2 août 2005 en faveur des petites et moyennes entreprises" and the words: "la loi n° 2005-882 du 2 août 2005 précitée" appearing in the third and fourth paragraphs of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of reductions in sentences provided for in article 721

Article D116-8

Where the convicted offender has been the subject of one or more decisions to withdraw a reduced sentence, the notice of the expiry date of his custodial sentence sent by the head of the prison to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Counting of remote electronic votes

Article R2122-78

On the last day of the postal vote count, the chairman and assessors of the polling station count the remote electronic votes in public. To this end, they activate two of the three counting keys menti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-21

The provisions of article L. 225-69-1, relating to the proportion of members of the supervisory board of each sex, are applicable without threshold conditions to companies whose shares are admitted to…

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