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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7-2

…dministrative Committee, except in the case of provisional administration as referred to in article L. 6143-3-1.The management posts mentioned in 1° and 2° give entitlement to a pension either from th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-3-2

…may be penalised, dismissed or subjected to any of the discriminatory measures mentioned in Article L. 1132-1 for refusing, on the grounds of his or her sexual orientation, a geographical transfer to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Property and property investment by public health institutions

Article L6148-7-2

The State may enter into the leasing contracts mentioned in Article L. 6148-7-1 on behalf of a public entity, provided that the transaction is sustainable in terms of its impact on public finances and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-22-3

…ate law may obtain a compulsory licence under the conditions set out in this article and in Article L. 623-22-4. The application for a compulsory licence is made to the judicial court in the place whe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-22-4

The rights attached to a compulsory licence may not be assigned or transferred except with the undertaking or part of the undertaking to which they are attached.This assignment or transfer is, on pain…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-2

…eux du stationnement payant rules on appeals against individual decisions relating to parking charges.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-28-4

…alities, with the aim of reducing the disparities in resources and costs between these municipalities. The amount of the community solidarity grant is freely determined by the community council by a m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-28-3

…sed as a main residence, property tax on built-up properties, property tax on non-built-up properties.For each tax for which unification is decided, the rate of the tax is voted by the deliberative bo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-7-2

Any employer or body responsible for carrying out all or part of the actions referred to in Article L. 6313-1 which intentionally draws up or uses documents likely to obtain improper payment of aid, p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-46-2

…purpose of reaching a joint decision on a request for authorisation provided for in III of Article L. 613-46, the supervisory college shall provide all the cooperation required. In particular, it sha…

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