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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-60

When an employee is appointed as representative of an association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or entered in the register of associations in application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-9

Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant in application of the provisions prior to 8 July 1977 enjoy, for life, the rights and prerogatives defined in articles L. 4241-1 and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information report to the conceding authority

Article R3131-2

The report provided for in article L. 3131-5 is produced each year by the concessionaire, before 1st June. It takes into account the specific features of the sector of activity concerned and respects…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-13

The tax is paid by the operator of the medium or, failing that, by the owner or, failing that, by the person in whose interest the medium was created. When the medium is created after 1st January, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-3

The City of Paris and the communes of Marseille and Lyon are divided into twenty, sixteen and nine municipal arrondissements respectively.The boundaries of these arrondissements as they stood on 1 Jan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Informing and involving residents.

Article L5211-52

No consultation of the electors of the communes that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may take place from 1 January of the calendar year preceding the year of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-16

Any gaps in representation between women and men as referred to in Article L. 1142-11 are published annually, no later than 1st March of the current year, in respect of the previous year, in a visible…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: School transport (R).

Article R1614-37

Before 1 November of each calendar year and in respect of the last school year, the president of the departmental council and the authorities responsible for organising urban transport send the prefec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article R2334-4

The number of social housing units is assessed at 1 January of the year preceding that for which the urban solidarity and social cohesion grant is paid. The total number of recipients of housing benef…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee and local representative

Article R2421-22

The Labour Inspector will give the employee the opportunity to submit written observations and, at his request, oral observations. On this occasion, the employee may, at his request, be assisted by a…

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