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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-3

The City of Paris and the communes of Marseille and Lyon are divided into twenty, sixteen and nine municipal arrondissements respectively.The boundaries of these arrondissements as they stood on 1 Jan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Budget, contributions and loans

Article L3212-3

The departmental council decides on offers made by communes, associations or private individuals to contribute to any expenditure of departmental interest.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-3

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the President of the Corsican Executive Council shall present a report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men concerning the operation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Content of agreements.

Article L3323-3

Notwithstanding article L. 3323-2, profit-sharing agreements concluded within sociétés coopératives de production may provide for the entire special profit-sharing reserve to be invested in company sh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Minimum growth wage.

Article L3423-3

During the course of the year, the minimum growth wage in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin may be increased by regulation to a level higher…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Age of admission.

Article L4153-3

The provisions of article L. 4153-1 do not prevent minors over the age of fourteen from being authorised during their school holidays to carry out work appropriate to their age, provided that they are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L4111-3

The workshops of public or private establishments providing technical or vocational education, as well as those of the social and medico-social establishments and services mentioned in 2°, a of 5° and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Placing on the market.

Article L4411-3

The manufacture, placing on the market and use of substances, on their own, in mixtures or in articles, and the placing on the market of mixtures are subject to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 19…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific solidarity allowance.

Article L5423-3

Self-employed artists who do not qualify for the insurance allowance are also entitled to the specific solidarity allowance, subject to age and previous activity.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Territorial Council

Article LO6221-3

Any member of the territorial council who, without a valid excuse, has refused to carry out one of the duties devolved upon him by the laws shall be declared to have resigned by the administrative jud…

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