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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-4

I.-The provisions of Articles L. 420-1 and L. 420-2 practices: 1° Which result from the application of a legislative text or a regulatory text adopted for its application; 2° Whose authors can justify…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Urban policy allocation

Article L2334-41

…in the overseas departments receive a share of the urban policy allocation provided for in article L. 2334-40. This share is calculated by applying to the total amount of the urban policy allocation…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article L133-4

…ation that these persons and their suppliers communicate to the body or bodies mentioned in article L. 133-2 ; 2° A second portion, which may not exceed half of the total, is allocated to the payment…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-4

…unless the third party incites the person to whom he delivers to commit acts prohibited by Article L. 613-3.3. Those who perform the acts referred to in a, b and c of article L. 613-5.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Health and safety committees.

Article L4643-4

…that do not have a social and economic committee. These farms and businesses are covered by article L. 717-7 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, relating to joint health, safety and working…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical certificate

Article L231-4

The provisions of article L. 2336-3 of the French Defence Code define the conditions that must be met when issuing, renewing or validating a shooting licence in order for the presentation of this docu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Harassment.

Article L1152-4

…ployer shall take all necessary steps to prevent moral harassment. The persons mentioned in article L. 1152-2 shall be informed by any means of the text of article 222-33-2 of the French Penal Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Saint-Barthélemy

Article L3251-4

…lemy will send the transfer order and the medical and administrative documents mentioned in article L. 3251-1 to the State representative in the host local authority.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions

Article L2511-42

…he mayor of Paris the special statement within one month of the notification referred to in article L. 2511-40, this statement is drawn up by the municipal council or by the Paris council.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Maintenance of benefits.

Article L5141-4

People who fulfil one of the conditions mentioned in 1° to 9° of article L. 5141-1 and who receive the insertion allowance or the widowhood allowance are entitled to continued payment of their allowan…

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