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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Territorial allocation for local authority investment

Article L2573-54-1

…ommunes of French Polynesia. This allocation is earmarked for the financing of projects by communes and their establishments in the areas of waste treatment, water supply, wastewater treatment, adapta…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection.

Article L4623-5-2

…ished that the termination is not related to the performance of the occupational physician's duties and does not constitute a discriminatory measure. The employer must notify the labour inspector one…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-5

When the director of the establishment makes his decision subject to a ban on the practitioner carrying out a lucrative private activity within a maximum radius of ten kilometres of the public health…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-5-2

…information already in the possession of the Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control or the Competition Authority at the time the request is made. II.-When a party to…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Advances and loans

Article L2573-56

The chapitre VII of Title III of Book III of Part Two shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-5

An application for a declaration of invalidity filed on the basis of 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 711-2 shall be dismissed where the proprietor of the contested trade mark can establish that the trade…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-5-2

…ide the consumer with the information mentioned in article D. 111-5-1, free of charge, in a legible and comprehensible manner on a durable medium accompanying the sale. The seller may supplement the c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-5

The new securities have the same characteristics and confer, ipso jure and without the performance of any formality, the same rights in rem or claims as the old securities they replace. Rights in rem…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article L7111-5-2

…the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press is given to all journalists when they are hired and to all journalists already employed in a press company, daily or periodical publication, press a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation.

Article R1411-55-2

…who initiated the referral, the president of the college or of the competent specialised commission and the ex officio members representing the bodies concerned will jointly determine, before the star…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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