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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-3

The territorial public health establishment of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is responsible for a general mission of prevention and care, with or without accommodation. This establishment receives assistan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discipline

Article L321-23-3

Decisions and precautionary measures taken pursuant to article L. 321-23-2 may be appealed to the Paris Court of Appeal. The appeal may be lodged with the first president of the said court, acting in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-3

When voting on the budget or an amending decision, the Metropolitan Council may vote on programme authorisations and commitment authorisations for unforeseen expenditure in the investment section and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Incompatibilities.

Article LO6222-3-1

The office of President of the Territorial Council is incompatible with the office of member of an independent administrative authority or an independent public authority created by the State.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Incompatibilities.

Article LO6322-3-1

The office of President of the Territorial Council is incompatible with the office of member of an independent administrative authority or an independent public authority created by the State.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-3

The act of offering, acting as the owner's agent, an item of property by remote public auction by electronic means in order to auction it to the highest bidder constitutes a sale by auction by electro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definition of the economic reason.

Article L1233-3

A redundancy for economic reasons is a redundancy carried out by an employer for one or more reasons not inherent in the person of the employee, resulting from the elimination or transformation of a j…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-3

The personalised Republican integration pathway provided for in article L. 413-2 includes in particular:1° Civic training prescribed by the State, relating to the values, principles and institutions o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-3

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

An organisation mentioned in 1° of Article L. 135-1 may not apply Article L. 135-2 only after having: 1° Carried out diligent, proven and serious searches for rightholders, pursuant to the first parag…

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