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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-11

Employees are entitled to compensation for bad weather if they can prove that they have worked a minimum number of hours during a specified period in one of the companies defined in article L. 5424-6…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-10

Any private-sector training provider that fails to draw up a balance sheet, profit and loss account and notes to the accounts, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6352-6, is liable to a fine of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L621-4

For the application of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article L611-1

For the application of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-8

The acquisition, possession and supply of medicinal products and medicated feedingstuffs held by the groups referred to in Article L. 5143-6 must be carried out under the control of a veterinarian or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection and promotion of maternal and child health.

Article L2421-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions of Book I of this Part shall apply to Wallis and Futuna:1° Title II, with the exception of article L. 2122-4 ; 2° Titl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1526-2

The provisions of Articles L. 1142-1, L. 1142-3, L. 1142-5, L. 1142-6, L. 1142-7, L. 1142-8, with the exception of its first and last paragraphs, L. 1142-9 to L. 1142-12 and L. 1142-14 to L. 1143-1 ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-26

I. - Articles L. 2224-1, L. 2224-2, L. 2224-4 to L. 2224-6 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the provisions of II to VI.II. - For the application of Article L. 2224-1, afte…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Remuneration.

Article L1251-18

The remuneration, within the meaning of Article L. 3221-3, received by the temporary employee may not be less than that provided for in the secondment contract, as defined in 6° of Article L. 1251-43.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L831-5

In French Guiana, the provisions of articles L. 812-3 and L. 812-4 are applicable in an area between the land borders and a line drawn twenty kilometres below, as well as on route nationale 2 in the t…

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