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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L1431-4

I. - The board of directors of the public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation is made up of:1°A majority of its members are representatives of local authorities or their groupings,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Corsican Tourist Offices and Agency

Article L4424-40

The territorial collectivity of Corsica is substituted for the tourism offices and agency from 1 January 2003, unless the Assembly of Corsica deliberates otherwise. The territorial collectivity of Cor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-42

The provisions of this paragraph apply to promissory notes issued by credit institutions or finance companies to raise long-term receivables intended to finance a property located in France or in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations to adapt and redeploy.

Article L1233-4

An employee may only be made redundant for economic reasons when all efforts to train and adapt have been made and when the person concerned cannot be redeployed to available jobs located in France in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-4

As stated in Article 226-28 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The fact of seeking to identify a person by his or her genetic fingerprints outside the cases provided for in Article 16-11 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other criminal provisions.

Article L4163-4

The following is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros and, in the event of a repeat offence, by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros: 1° With the exception of the cases mentioned in artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.

Article L644-4

At the end of the procedure for verification and admission of claims as provided for in Article L. 644-3 and the realisation of assets, the liquidator shall include his proposals for distribution on t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-4

The Lyon metropolitan authority is subject to the provisions of article L. 3312-1, with the exception of the presentation of the budget guidelines, which takes place within a period of ten weeks.The d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Rehabilitation, re-education and vocational training.

Article L5213-4

Disabled workers benefit from the financial assistance granted to vocational training trainees and provided for in Title IV of Book III of Part Six, subject to adaptations to their particular situatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-4

The Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall take the decisions provided for in this code when issuing, rejecting or maintaining industrial property titles, as well…

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