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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L2511-3

…horities which control it or by other legal persons controlled by the same contracting authorities; 3° The controlled legal person does not have a direct private capital holding, with the exception of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L3211-3

…y, which does not exercise control over a legal person under the conditions laid down in Article L. 3211-1, when the following conditions are met: 1° The contracting authority exercises over the legal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic and social measures

Article L3231-3

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-36

The contribution provided for in article L. 6331-35 contributes to the development of initial vocational training, particularly apprenticeships, and continuing vocational training in the building and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions.

Article L7211-3

…as provided for in articles L. 1152-1 et seq., sexual harassment as provided for in articles L. 1153-1 et seq. as well as the taking of legal action by trade union organisations arising from harassme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services transferred and made available to the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-33

…the Executive Council, under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 4422-43 : 1° The territorial subdivisions, parks and parts of services responsible for the operation and m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-3

Any act modifying or transmitting the rights attached to a registered design may only be relied on as against third parties if it has been entered in the National Designs Register.However, before it h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Successive contracts in the same position.

Article L1244-3

When a fixed-term employment contract expires, neither a fixed-term contract nor a temporary employment contract may be used to fill the position of the employee whose contract has expired, before the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-3

…ormation are required, under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code, to keep secret any information which may come to their knowle…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Programming commitments subject to approval

Article R212-39

…examine the implementation of the programming commitments mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée refers the matter to the Film…

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