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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Uses of the professional prevention account

Article L4163-7

…ed in 1°, 2° or 3° of article L. 6313-1 as part of a vocational retraining project and, where applicable, the financing of his remuneration during vocational retraining leave, when he undergoes this t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single chapter

Article L5741-1

I. - The territorial and rural balance cluster is a public establishment formed by agreement between several public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and, where a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 C

…r-communal rates are defined as follows:1. For communes that are not members in 2010 of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax system, the reference communal rate is th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-2

…f the municipal councils:1° In the event of the creation of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax system, a merger between several public inter-municipal cooperation esta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-22

…142-24-7 and L. 1142-24-16. The Office is also responsible for compensating damage directly attributable to compulsory vaccination pursuant to article L. 3111-9, for compensating victims of damage res…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Renegotiation clause

Article L441-8

…raph or infringement, during the renegotiation, of manufacturing or business secrets shall be punishable by an administrative fine of up to €75,000 for a natural person and €375,000 for a legal entity…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R596-3

…n Article R. 521-9, the words: "or when his fingerprints taken pursuant to Article R. 521-7 are unusable" are deleted; 7° In article R. 521-18, the reference to article R. 521-7 is deleted; 8° In Arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-9

…l authority in respect of the flat-rate taxes provided for in Articles 1599 quater A, 1599 quater A bis, 1599 quater B and 1519 HB of the General Tax Code; 4° The revenue collected the previous year b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules

Article L5842-2

…Section 1 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Suspended probation

Article R60-1

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