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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Therapeutic injunction by the trial court

Article L3425-2

…decision ordering a therapeutic injunction is punishable by the penalties provided for in articles L. 3421-1 and L. 3425-1. However, these penalties are not applicable when the therapeutic injunction…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2564-23

Until 31 December 2013, for the application in Mayotte of the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2311-5, the words: "Between the deadline for mandating set out in the third paragraph of Article L. 1612-11…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article L4434-2

The Regional Council sets the rates for the excise duty on energy mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on diesel and petrol in overseas France, under the…

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

Article L945-2

In article L. 511-55, the word "destitution" is deleted.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-26

…This decree or, as the case may be, this order results in the consecutive implementation of article L. 5211-25-1. When the conditions for liquidation have been met, the dissolution of the public estab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by the overseas regions

Article LO4435-2

…legislative or regulatory provision shall be adopted by reasoned deliberation of the Regional Council.This deliberation shall mention the legislative or regulatory provisions in question or, where the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint local committees.

Article L2234-2

The joint committees : 1° Contribute to the drafting and application of collective labour agreements and negotiate and conclude agreements of local interest, particularly in the areas of employment an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4125-2

…corresponding functions of a professional association ; 2° Any of these functions in another council. For the order of midwives, these incompatibilities concern the members of the bureau of the depar…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L621-2

For the application of this code in the overseas collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin : 1° The word "préfet" and the words "préfet du département" are replaced by the words "représentan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Status and missions

Article L1231-2

…for advising and supporting local and regional authorities and their groupings mentioned in article L. 5111-1 of this code in the design, definition and implementation of their projects, in particular…

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