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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-8

…dicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-28Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-24-29 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 M…

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

Article L1525-1

The provisions of article L. 1522-1 concerning the majority shareholding of local authorities and their groupings are not applicable: 1° To semi-public companies set up under the Decree-Laws of 5 Nove…

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

Article L1526-8

For the application of article L. 1142-17 in Wallis and Futuna : 1° The first three paragraphs are replaced by the following provisions: Where the damage is compensable under article L. 1142-3 as it a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-24

…nt application. The provisions of this Article shall apply to limitations made pursuant to Articles L. 613-25 and L. 614-12.A decree in Council of State shall specify the conditions of application of…

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

Article L1544-7

For the application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia of article L. 1142-17 : I. - The first three paragraphs of the article are replaced by the following provisions: When the damage is compensabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution.

Article L8253-1

…rs who have employed a foreign worker in breach of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 8251-1 shall pay a special contribution for each foreign worker not authorised to work. The amoun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6

…reau, the president reads out the charter for local elected representatives provided for in Article L. 1111-1-1. The president provides the community councillors with a copy of the charter for locally…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-1

…sional athletes and salaried professional coaches, with the exception of the provisions of articles L. 1221-2, L. 1241-1 to L. 1242-5, L. 1242-7 to L. 1242-9, L. 1242-12, L. 1242-13, L. 1242-17, L. 12…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L3231-6

…eneral interest under conditions similar to those provided for, in the case of communes, by article L. 2253-2. By way of derogation from this article, a département may, by deliberation of its deliber…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-13

The following public holidays are non-working days: 1° 1st January ; 2° Good Friday in communes with a Protestant temple or a mixed church; 3° Easter Monday ; 4° 1st May 5° 8th May ; 6° Ascension Day…

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