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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-270

I.-When a société anonyme à participation ouvrière falls into the situation referred to in Article L. 225-248, and its dissolution has not been declared, the Extraordinary General Meeting may decide,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Municipalities and their groupings

Article L1422-2

The procedures for applying article L. 1422-1 and in particular the conditions required to perform the duties of director of a municipal or inter-municipal health and hygiene service are determined by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2313-2

The provisions of article L. 2313-1 apply to the public administrative establishments of municipalities with 3,500 inhabitants or more. The place where the documents are made available to the public i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Childcare facilities for children under the age of six.

Article L2324-2

The doctor in charge of the departmental maternal and child protection service checks that the conditions mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article L. 2324-1 are met by the establishments and servi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article L4424-26

The territorial collectivity of Corsica defines its housing priorities within the framework of the development plan, in particular, in the light of proposals sent to it by the communes. The Assembly o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Criminal provisions

Article L1142-26

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 1142-25 shall incur, in addition to the fine…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: On-call duty

Article L421-2

As an exception to the first paragraph of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-2

For the application in Mayotte of articles L. 1225-10 and L. 1225-14, the words: "l'allocation journalière prévue à l'article L. 333-1 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "the dail…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-22

The benefit constituted by the difference between the subscription price and the average of the prices mentioned in article L. 3332-19, by the difference between the subscription price and the sale pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-2

Without prejudice to the rights resulting from the application of other legislative provisions, in particular Books I and III of this Code, the registration of a design confers on its proprietor a rig…

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