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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities and contentious actions

Article L2541-22

The provisions of Title III of Book I of this part relating to the legal regime for acts taken by communal authorities are applicable to the communes of the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-27

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in article L. 232-26 of this Code shall also be liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Confiscation of the substances or processes, object…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-9

The regional development plan may be amended on the initiative and under the guidance of the president of the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority where the proposed amen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-9

When the investment section or the operating section of the budget includes either programme authorisations and payment appropriations, or commitment authorisations and payment appropriations, the Pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-9

The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter are determined by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures.

Article L1341-2

The conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, in particular: 1° The definition of the information to be transmitted to the bodies mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-2

The advertising defined in Article L. 5213-1 relates to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 which have the EU d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-28

By way of derogation from the provisions relating to early termination of fixed-term employment contracts set out in article L. 1243-2, the employment support contract may be terminated early, at the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-2

I. - Subject to the provisions of article L. 310-10, the direct insurance operations defined in article L. 310-1 may be carried out in the territory of the French Republic only :1° by undertakings hav…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-2

The property and rights of the section are managed by the town council and the mayor. When it is formed pursuant to Article L. 2411-3, the syndicate commission and its chairman exercise the management…

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