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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R3123-1

In order to benefit from the time required to attend and participate in the sittings and meetings referred to in article L. 3123-1, an elected member of a departmental council who is an employee shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R4135-1

In order to benefit from the time required to travel to and participate in the sittings and meetings referred to in article L. 4135-1, an elected member of a regional council who is an employee shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate or office

Article R7227-1

In order to benefit from the time required to attend and participate in the sittings and meetings referred to in article L. 7227-1, the assembly councillor or executive councillor, who is an employee,…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sampling.

Article R5127-8

…ked to sign the report; if he refuses, the officer(s) who drew up the report will make a note of this.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Permanence of care in health care institutions

Article R6111-44

The General Director of the Regional Health Agency's choice of health establishment(s) to be responsible for providing on-call care is based on his assessment, in the light of the applicants' response…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R6223-92

The liquidator transfers the shares or corporate units that the "société de participations financières de profession libérale de biologistes médicaux" holds in the "société(s) d'exercice libéral de bi…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-3

…national who has been granted a work permit as provided for in article R. 5221-1 may, in accordance with the terms of the permit, carry out paid employment in France if he/she holds one of the followi…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Law applicable to cross-border contracts

Article L253-2

For its application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, article L. 232-4 is worded as follows: "Art. L. 232-4 -Where the parties have chosen the law of a State other than France to govern the contract,…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Local tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment.

Article L422-7

…Local Authorities Code (Code général des collectivités territoriales ), which is reproduced below: "Art. L. 5211-22 du code général des collectivités territoriales. When ski lifts are operated by a pu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-3

As stated in Article 511-17 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: Art. 511-17-The act of conceiving human embryos in vitro or creating them by cloning for industrial or commercial purposes is punish…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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