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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-5

A decree sets the conditions under which users connected or connectable to the sewerage network are required to install a device for metering the water they draw from sources other than the distributi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Notification, publication and filing.

Article L2231-5-1

Branch, group, inter-company, company and establishment agreements are made public and included in a national database, the content of which is published online in an easily reusable open standard. Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1-5

…sation holder who does not himself carry out the advertising operations referred to in Articles 119 and 120 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 shall declare to the Director General of the N…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-4

…nth following the decision to admit the patient to the psychiatric care referred to in I of article L. 3213-1 or, where applicable, following the provisional measure referred to in article L. 3213-2,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-4

The transfer by the author of his rights over his work may be total or partial. It must include for the benefit of the author a proportional share of the revenue from the sale or exploitation. However…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-4

…operator with a comprehensive assignment covering :1° The design, construction, fitting out, upkeep and maintenance of buildings assigned to the national police force, the national gendarmerie, the ar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L312-4

…nsactions intended to enable the acquisition or maintenance of rights of ownership or enjoyment of land or an existing building or a building to be constructed, including where these transactions are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expenditure chargeable to the balance of the apprenticeship tax

Article L6241-4

…may deduct from the balance of the apprenticeship tax, up to the amount mentioned in II of article L. 6241-2: 1° Expenditure actually incurred to finance the development of initial technological and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4

Birthing centres are health facilities in which midwives, under the conditions set out in articles L. 4151-1 and L. 4151-4 relating to the practice of their profession, give birth to women whose pregn…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Measures to prevent and stop a breach of business secrecy

Article L152-4

…nt of a business secret, the court may, on application or in summary proceedings, order provisional and conservatory measures, the terms of which are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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