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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Regional school equipment grants.

Article L4332-3-1

The amount of funding allocated by the State to the running and equipment of secondary schools with bi-national or international sections, the Lycée de Font-Romeu and agricultural secondary schools, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-3-1

For the manufacture of medicinal products for veterinary use, the pharmaceutical establishments mentioned in article L. 5142-1, veterinarians, dispensing pharmacies and persons authorised to prepare s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-37-4

The report provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-37 contains the following information: 1° A list of all the offices and positions held in any company by each corporate officer during t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-6

Where a phonogram contains the fixation of the performances of several performers, the performers shall exercise the right of termination referred to in article L. 212-3-5 by mutual agreement.In the e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1-3

When the duration of the employee's absence from work justified by incapacity resulting from illness or accident, as certified by a medical certificate and a second medical examination if necessary, i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-8

If the authorization given in application of article L. 212-3 provides for proportional remuneration, the phonogram producer may not deduct contractually defined advances or deductions from the remune…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-3-4

I.- In order to facilitate the cooperation they organise within the framework of the agreement referred to in article L. 6111-3-2 with primary care providers in the areas they serve, local hospitals m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-8-3

For a period of three years from the creation of a new commune, the provisions of Article L. 541-3 of the Education Code and the article L. 229-25 of the Environment Code do not apply to this new comm…

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

Article L5213-3-1

I.-The agreement for occupational re-education in a company is concluded between the employer, the employee and the primary health insurance fund or the general social security fund referred to in art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-3-2

I.-Local hospitals, or the health establishment to which they belong when they do not have legal personality, organise cooperation with primary care providers in the areas they serve and, to this end,…

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