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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-21

…substituted ipso jure for the syndicat de communes or the syndicat mixte whose perimeter is identical to its own, for all the competences it exercises. The urban community is also substituted ipso jur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education

Article L4424-2

The territorial collectivity of Corsica finances, builds, equips and maintains collèges, lycées, public vocational education establishments, artistic education establishments, special education establ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L341-2

The following shall be eligible for the benefit of this Title: 1° Database producers who are nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Orientation

Article L551-2

A regional plan is drawn up in accordance with the national plan for the reception of asylum seekers.It lays down guidelines for the distribution of accommodation facilities for asylum seekers and ref…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Status of the consumer ombudsman

Article L613-2

When employed or remunerated exclusively by the professional, the consumer mediator satisfies the following additional conditions:1° He is appointed, in accordance with a transparent procedure, by a c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Development of cross-border apprenticeships

Article L6235-2

I.-The procedures for implementing cross-border apprenticeships are specified in an agreement concluded between France and the border country in which the practical or theoretical part of the apprenti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Foreign nationals entrusted to the child welfare service

Article L423-22

In the year following their eighteenth birthday or if they come under the provisions of article L. 421-35, foreign nationals who were entrusted to the child welfare service or to a trustworthy third p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-27

At least four Social and Economic Committee meetings a year deal in whole or in part with the Committee's responsibilities in the areas of health, safety and working conditions, and more frequently if…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article L463-2

Without prejudice to the measures provided for in Article L. 464-1, the General Rapporteur or a Deputy General Rapporteur appointed by him shall notify the objections to the interested parties and to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Relationship between company or establishment agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional scope.

Article L2253-2

In the following matters, where the branch agreement or the agreement covering a wider territorial or professional field expressly so stipulates, the company agreement concluded subsequent to that agr…

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