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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility.

Article L2314-20

…takings, the seniority conditions are, for temporary employees, three months to be eligible to vote and six months to be eligible to stand for election. These conditions are assessed by adding togethe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility.

Article L2314-24

…e companies, all staff portage employees who satisfy the seniority conditions defined by article L. 2314-21 and who, at the time the lists are drawn up, are carrying out a portage service under an emp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies

Article L517-11-2

…tment firm may monitor transactions between the investment firm, the mixed-activity holding company and subsidiaries of the mixed-activity holding company, and require the investment firm to implement…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-22

It is forbidden, in these regulations and contracts, to charge any additional fee for presentations and stations at the church, any person having equally the right to be presented there.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-20

In populous communes, where the remoteness of the cemeteries makes transport costly, and where it is done with cars, the municipal authorities, in conjunction with the fabriques, have the undertaking…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-21

…eal with the contractor according to a tariff that is established for this purpose. The regulations and contracts that set this fee and the tariff are deliberated by the town council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-23

The supplies mentioned in article L. 2542-21, in towns where the fabriques do not provide them themselves, are given either as a régie intéressée or as a company to a single régisseur or contractor. T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-24

Awards are made according to the method established by the laws and regulations for communal works.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-25

…section will be repealed five years after 9 January 1993, the date of publication of the loi n° 93-23 du 8 janvier 1993 modifiant le titre VI du livre III du code des communes et relative à la législ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions.

Article R4344-2

Practising the profession of speech and language therapist or that of orthoptist on the premises or outbuildings of commercial premises, without complying with the provisions of articles R. 4341-19 or…

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