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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-47

In the absence of an agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-46, a decree sets the deadlines within which the employee must submit his request for leave.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article L4002-4

The application for partial access by the person concerned shall be examined, depending on the case, as an application for establishment or for freedom to provide services in the profession concerned.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2324-4

…a defence or security contract, use the competitive dialogue procedure referred to in article L. 2124-4, when at least one of the following conditions is met: 1° The purchaser is objectively unable to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-4

…Minister of Justice, the President of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, the Government Commissioner or the Public Prosecutor of the jurisdiction in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-4

…L. 615-5 shall be ordered by the president of one of the judicial courts referred to in Article D. 631-2, within whose jurisdiction the operations are to be carried out. The order shall be made on app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article L2513-4

The pay and various allowances received by officers, petty officers, quartermasters and sailors belonging to the marine fire brigade and the services attached to it are determined by the regulations a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-4

…an equalisation allocation made up of the urban equalisation allocation provided for in article L. 3334-6-1 and the minimum operating allocation provided for in article L. 3334-7.From 2005, the annua…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Implementing provisions.

Article L6243-4

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the implementing measures for this chapter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementing provisions

Article L6323-42

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of this section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Residence conditions.

Article R1112-41

As soon as they arrive in the establishment, all in-patients receive the welcome booklet provided for in article L. 1112-2.

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