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French Civil CodeIn force
Book V: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article 2505

For the application to Mayotte of the first paragraph of article 833, the references: "831 to 832-4" are replaced by the references: "831 to 832-1, 832-3 and 832-4". For the application of the second…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-21

The methods for calculating the financial indicators provided for in articles L. 2334-4, L. 2334-5, L. 2336-2 and L. 5211-29 are, as far as new communes are concerned, specified by decree in the Conse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to certain overseas collectivities

Article L3512-27

For the application of sections 1 to 5 of this chapter, in the collectivities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, in Saint-Martin, in Saint-Barthélemy and in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum safety distances.

Article R4534-108

Any employer who intends to carry out work in the vicinity of electrical lines or installations shall obtain information from the operator, whether the local representative of the energy distribution…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2407

When the measures prescribed by the order or formal notice referred to in 1° of Article 2404 have been carried out by the owner or operator, the publication at their expense of a release order prior t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R513-2-1

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Inspections and controls

Article L1435-7-2

For the sole purpose of recording the offences provided for in Articles L. 5421-2, L. 5421-3, L. 5421-13, L. 5432-1, L. 5432-2, L. 5438-4, L. 5461-3 and L. 5462-3 of the Public Health Code, when commi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-48

Nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to establish themselves in France to carry out all or some of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-21-2

Aid for professional integration may not be granted in the following cases: 1° When recruitment is to replace an employee who has been made redundant for a reason other than serious misconduct or gros…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-2

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 411-1, the following public offers are authorised: 1° The offer of financial securities or shares exclusively…

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