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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5722-10

A syndicat mixte benefiting from transfers of competence provided for by the article 30 of law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 relating to local freedoms and responsibilities may receive from its membe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6431-11

The meetings of the territorial council shall be public. However, at the request of five members or the President, the Territorial Council may decide, without debate, by an absolute majority of the me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Substitution compensation.

Article L7313-17

When the employer is subject to a collective bargaining agreement or a unilateral decision of the employer or of a group of employers, the traveller, sales representative or sales agent may, in the ev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Management of radiological emergencies

Article R1333-82

I.-The justification for decisions to take action to prevent or reduce risks and protect people is examined when the plans referred to in Article L. 1333-13 and Chapter I of Title IV of Book VII of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-31-1

Persons covered by the provisions of article D. 147-31 may not be placed under judicial supervision: 1° If they have been sentenced to socio-judicial supervision, unless this sentence was handed down…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article D533-14

Investment service providers other than portfolio management companies may, on their own initiative or at the request of a client, treat as a professional or non-professional client, either generally…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Supplementary provisions

Article R3121-16

An employer who does not come under a sector covered by one of the decisions provided for in articles R. 3121-13 and R. 3121-14 may, in order to deal with exceptional situations specific to his compan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-2

The information referred to in a of 8°, 9°, 13° and 14° of article R. 3243-1 is worded and ordered and, for the items payable by the employer, grouped together in accordance with a model defined by or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Diseases transmitted by insects

Article R3114-14

Orders issued by the Ministers for Health and Ecology and the Minister for the Interior, after consultation with the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article A761-2

The standard application for early declassification of the national interest market contains, in addition to the deliberation of the regional council concerned, the following documents: 1° The deliber…

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