AS FROM JANUARY 1, 2012 THE COMPANY’S INACTION CAN BE SANCTIONED Companies with at least 50 employees must enter into a company-wide collective bargaining agreement (hereinafter “CBA”) or adopt an action plan on professional gender equality before January 1, 2012, failing which they will be liable for a financial penalty. Pursuant to the preamble of […]
Decree of July 11, 2011[1] puts an end to the transposition of EC Directive 2008/98 on waste[2] that repealed three previous Directives[3] and sets up a legal framework to control the entire waste management process within the European Union. This Decree also completes the regulatory transposition of the so-called “Grennel 2” Law of 2010[4] and […]
Consumer protection on the Internet has been improved following the entry into force of Ordinance n°2011-1012 of August 24, 2011 on electronic communications adopted further to the Law n°2011-302 of March 22, 2011 transposing two EC Directives on electronic communications. The main effect of the Ordinance is to strengthen the protection of consumers who use […]
In a judgment dated May 24, 2011[1], the Cour de Cassation (French Supreme Court) recalled that the proprietor of a trademark can, if it has legitimate reasons, oppose further sale of its products even when products have been previously marketed by it – or with its consent – with the European Union or European Economic […]
Under French law, the Public Prosecutor and the Minister of Economy can initiate legal proceedings to request the judge to order the cessation of an abusive commercial practice, the nullity of the relevant unlawful clauses and contracts, the reimbursement of the undue payments and a civil fine on the infringing economic player(s)[1]. By remand decision […]
The debates generated a few months ago by the announced enactment of legal provisions imposing on certain companies that distribute increased dividends the obligation to pay a bonus to their employees were largely echoed in the media. These provisions were adopted as part of Law n° 2011-894 of July 28, 2011, known as the Social […]
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