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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the credit agreement and the main agreement

Article L341-42

If the lender or lessor, in breach of the provisions of article L. 313-35 or, in the case of a hire-purchase contract and a lease with a promise to sell, those set out in article L. 313-59, to agree t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-4

An action brought in accordance with Regulation (EU) 608/2013 of 12 June 2013 by the trade mark proprietor on the basis of the provisions of Article L. 713-3-2 shall be inadmissible if, in the course…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-4

I.-The following apply to the staff mentioned in 1° to 4° ofArticle L. 6152-1: 1° The following provisions of the General Civil Service Code: a) Article L. 115-7 ; b) Article L. 121-3 ; c) Chapter III…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-41

I.-A collective agreement of indefinite duration may be terminated by the signatory parties. In the absence of an express stipulation, the period of notice that must precede termination is three month…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-40

I.-The following are entitled to revise a collective agreement in the sector: 1° For a period of two years from the date of signature of the agreement, the signatory workers' organisations and profess…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3842-4

In article L. 3423-1, the words "under the conditions set out in articles L. 3413-1 to L. 3413-4" and the words: "under the conditions set out in Chapters II and IV of Title I of this Book" do not app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-4-4

An interdepartmental Antilles-Guyane council is responsible for nurses practising in French Guyana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4-4

No employer may terminate an employee's employment contract during the parental presence leave provided for in article L. 1225-62 or during periods worked if the parental presence leave is split or ta…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article L2196-4

The obligations laid down in this section apply to contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments for which the special nature of the techniques, the small number of candidates with the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: EXAMINATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION AT THE FRONTIER

Article L351-4

A foreign national authorised to enter France on asylum grounds is issued with an eight-day regularisation visa without delay. Within this period, the competent administrative authority will, at his r…

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