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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-65

I.-In the absence of the contractual stipulations provided for in 1° and 2° of II of article L. 3121-64, an individual agreement for a fixed number of days may be validly concluded subject to complian…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to certain overseas collectivities

Article L3512-27

…eplaced by the words: "place of sale of tobacco, tobacco products or ingredients defined in Article L. 3512-2"; 2° Article L. 3512-4 is amended as follows: a) In the local authorities governed by Arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and scope

Article L4022-2

I.- As part of the certification defined in article L. 4022-1, healthcare professionals must establish, over a period of six years, that they have carried out a minimum programme of actions aimed at:1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article L4135-2

Insurance undertakings covering the civil liability risks referred to in Article L. 1142-2 in France shall transmit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution instituted under Article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-17

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 233-16, the companies referred to in the said article are exempted, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, from the obligati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices

Article L442-11

…ioned in the first paragraph are investigated and recorded under the conditions defined by articles L. 450-1 to L. 450-3-2 and L. 450-7. Agents may consign, in premises that they determine and for a p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-15

Failure to declare advertising media within the time limits set out in articles L. 2333-13 et L. 2333-14 or when these declarations have the effect of reducing the amount of tax actually due, the taxp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-10

…y of the year preceding that of the taxation:- set all or part of the rates provided for by article L. 2333-9 at levels lower than the maximum rates;- in the case of municipalities with a population o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-12

…value of the minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 3123-10 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-12

…value of the minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 4135-10 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocate…

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