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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-10

In urgent cases and at the request of the chairman of the community council, the prefect may authorise the urban community to begin carrying out certain operations for which it is responsible pursuant…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-11

The publisher is obliged to carry out or have carried out the manufacture or production in digital form under the conditions, in the form and according to the modes of expression provided for in the c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Energy classification

Article L122-11

…advertisements, whatever their medium, present products subject to European energy labelling by indicating their selling price, they shall include the mention of the energy class of these products in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article L114-11

…hment. In the event of serious difficulties in the running of the Centre de Ressources, d'Expertise et de Performance Sportifs, the Director may take any measures necessary to ensure the smooth runnin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-11

…ies are not eligible for aid under the provisions of Title I of Book V of Part One of the General Local Authorities Code and article L. 2251-3 of the same code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-11

Applications for a sports agent's licence are submitted to the sports agents' commission. The regulations governing sports agents set out the procedures, form and content of this application, as well…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior interview.

Article L1233-11

An employer who is planning to make employees redundant for economic reasons, whether individually or as part of a mass redundancy scheme involving less than ten employees within the same thirty-day p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-11

…h an intermediary, the ban on working as a temporary employment agency imposed by the court in application of the last paragraph of article L. 1255-1 or L. 1255-2 is punishable by six months' imprison…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article L133-11

…nder the conditions referred to in the second paragraph of II of article L. 2334-7 of the General Local Authorities Code, in its version prior to article 150 of law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 o…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-11

…vouchers by an employee may not exceed a percentage of the value in full discharge of liabilities set by decree. This decree defines different percentages depending on the employee's remuneration and…

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