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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE TITLE: CONGRESS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND REGIONAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND MAYORS

Article L5911-1

…he mayors of the department. Mayors may be replaced under the conditions set out in article L. 2122-17.Members of parliament and senators elected in the department, who are not members of either the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-18

…te. The request is made in accordance with the conditions set out in articles R. 1142-13 to R. 1142-17 , without it being necessary to determine whether the damage for which the request is made is of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-30

…the prefect for the purposes of amending the list of bathing waters provided for in article D. 1332-17 and to the director general of the regional health agency.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions (R)

Article R2221-26

…y halt the operations of the régie. In this case, the provisions of articles R. 2221-16 and R. 2221-17 apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R4211-49

…as complying with the requirements mentioned in the authorisation granted in application of Section 17 of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Five of the Public Health Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Quality of vocational training courses

Article L6316-1

…in article L. 6351-1 financed by a skills operator, by the commission mentioned in article L. 6323-17-6, by the State, by the regions, by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, by Pôle emploi or by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50 ter

…out in the first paragraph of Article 706 are recruited as contract agents. The décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 relatif aux dispositions générales applicables aux agents non titulaires de l'Etat s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration

Article L6422-3

…authorisation provided for in article L. 6422-1 constitute actual working time and give rise to the maintenance of the employee's remuneration and social protection in accordance with articles L. 6323…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-7

…same discipline or to exercise significant influence over them, within the meaning ofarticle L. 233-17-2 of the French Commercial Code; 2° Being a director of more than one sports company whose corpor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-19

…articles L. 115-17 and L. 115-18 are subject to a surcharge of 10%. The rate of…

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