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

Article L5211-28-4

I.-Urban communities, metropolises and the Lyon metropolis are required to introduce a community solidarity grant for the benefit of their member municipalities, with the aim of reducing the dispariti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-5

…for in articles L. 3123-1 and L. 3123-2 is treated as an actual period of work for the purposes of determining the period of paid leave as well as with regard to all rights arising from seniority. Mor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of regional mandates

Article L4135-5

…for in articles L. 4135-1 and L. 4135-2 is treated as an actual period of work for the purposes of determining the period of paid leave and with regard to all rights arising from seniority. Moreover,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-1

This Title governs any insurance contract whose purpose is to cover: 1° Maritime risks; 2° Air or aviation risks; 3° Risks relating to civil liability in connection with space operations; 4° Risks rel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-15

…le L. 3122-5, or extend it to new categories of employees.This collective agreement or arrangement sets out :1° The justifications for the use of night work mentioned in article L. 3122-1 ; 2° The def…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 474-1

…the victim so requests, be recovered by the Fonds de garantie des victimes des actes de terrorisme et d'autres infractions (Guarantee Fund for Victims of Acts of Terrorism and Other Offences) and tha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210 A

1. Net capital gains and profits generated on all assets contributed as a result of a merger are not subject to corporation tax.The same applies to any capital gains generated by the acquiring company…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-16

…nises the development of professional skills. The first cycle provides the fundamental scientific, methodological and professional teaching needed to understand health problems and clinical situations…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Taking account of the national health strategy in Corsica, in the local authorities referred to in Article 73 of the Constitution and in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R1411-11

…l cooperation referred to in article L. 1411-10 is developed in particular within the framework of: 1° Agreements concluded by health establishments on the basis of article L. 6134-1 ; 2° Agreements c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tables of branches and member companies of skills operators

Article R6123-34

…ch and each company's establishments with the skills operator to which they belong, with regard to: 1° The professional and inter-professional scope of intervention of the skills operator defined in t…

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