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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2411-18

…its members. The committee replaces the syndicate commissions in the areas provided for in articles L. 2411-6 and L. 2411-7, with the exception of sales, exchanges, acceptance of gifts and signature o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Local taxes, fees and charges

Article L2573-50

For its application in French Polynesia, Article L. 2333-87 reads as follows: "Art. L. 2333-87 -Without prejudice to the application of article L. 2213-2, the municipal council or the deliberative bod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3661-16

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of Article L. 3661-15 are sent to the local authority. They are communicated by the local authority to the elected members of the Metropolitan Lyon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article L4163-15

…rd in the account the points corresponding to the data declared by the employer pursuant to article L. 4163-6 and shall inform the worker each year of the points acquired in respect of the previous ye…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-10

In compliance with the general tasks set out in Article L. 4622-2, the obligation to provide the core set of services set out in Article L. 4622-9-1, the guidelines of the national policy on the prote…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rights and guarantees for disabled workers.

Article L5213-6

…tion, the appropriate measures to enable the workers mentioned in 1° to 4° and 9° to 11° of Article L. 5212-13 to access a job or to keep a job corresponding to their qualification, to carry it out or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expenditure chargeable to the balance of the apprenticeship tax

Article L6241-4

…may deduct from the balance of the apprenticeship tax, up to the amount mentioned in II of article L. 6241-2: 1° Expenditure actually incurred to finance the development of initial technological and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-6

…d in particular: 1° The procedures for filing and updating the declarations provided for in Article L. 5211-3-1 ; 2° The procedures for issuing medical devices prescribed in another Member State of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives.

Article L5312-4

In the cases mentioned in articles L. 5312-1, L. 5312-2 and L. 5312-3, and in all cases where the interests of public health so require, the health authorities shall, if necessary, inform the general…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances.

Article L5432-2

…eparations included in lists I and II or classified as psychotropic substances mentioned in article L. 5132-1; 2° Medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5111-1, when these products are included in…

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