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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Procedures for reimbursing undue payments

Article L6323-45

When the Caisse des dépôts et consignations finds that the holder of the personal training account has used undue entitlements or that the holder has used entitlements in breach of the regulations or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-4

In the decision referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 1143-3, the court shall set the time limit within which users of the healthcare system who meet the criteria for inclusion and who wish…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-43

The limit provided for in 4° of article L. 6331-36 is determined by the rate of the total amount of the levy collection set by order of the Minister responsible for vocational training, with regard to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-4

…ntract award procedure if: 1° They have been sanctioned for failure to comply with the obligations set out in Articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 8241-1, L. 8251-1 and L. 8251-2 of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Insurance against hail and livestock mortality.

Article L123-4

…ce, if the insurance is suspended for non-payment of the premium in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 113-3, it shall resume at the latest on the tenth day at noon, from the day on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L947-4

Article L. 723-1 reads as follows:"Art. L. 723-1.-I.-The judges of the mixed commercial courts are elected within the jurisdiction of each of these courts by a college composed of:1° Electors in a per…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Loan guarantees

Article L3231-4

A département may only grant a loan guarantee or its surety to a private-law person mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of this article or in 1° of I of article L. 3231-4-1 or carrying out an opera…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Title V: Legal system for acts taken by the authorities of the local authority and relations between the State and the local authority

Article R6451-4

The Prefect of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may suspend the application of the agreement provided for in Article R. 6451-3 when it observes serious deterioration in the operation of the teletransmission s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L3123-4

…° Persons who have been sanctioned for failure to comply with the obligations laid down in Articles L. 8221-1, L. 8221-3, L. 8221-5, L. 8231-1, L. 8241-1, L. 8251-1 and L. 8251-2 of the Labour Code or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-4

If the employer fails to rectify the situation observed within the period referred to in article L. 1263-3, the competent administrative authority may, as soon as it is aware of a report by a Labour I…

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