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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Control by the administrative authority.

Article L3345-3

In the absence of a request from a body mentioned in articles L. 213-1 or L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code or article L. 723-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code within the time limit set in t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-13

…Paris is responsible for the municipal police in matters of:1° Public health on the public highway;2° Public health in buildings used mainly for residential purposes and buildings used partly or whol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-36

…prefect shall inform the mayor of any observations he may have on the information mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article D. 1332-35. With regard to 1° of article D. 1332-35, the prefect's observations…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article D2333-5

The provisions of article D. 3333-1 are applicable to the communal share of the excise duty on electricity. For the application of article L. 2333-2, the amounts of the communal share of the excise du…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Second-hand equipment

Article R4312-8

…for any purpose whatsoever with a view to being put into service or used: 1° Single-use equipment; 2° Equipment whose expiry date or period of use has passed; 3° Equipment which has suffered any dama…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17-1

…14-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy ; b) It pursues an objective defined in 2°, 3° or 4° of Article 2 of the aforementioned Law no. 2014-856 ; 2° The expense incurred by its so…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Groupement de coopération sanitaire (healthcare cooperation group) set up as a healthcare establishment

Article R6133-21

…the group on the basis of the following criteria: 1° The legal nature of the majority of members ; 2° The tariff scale of the majority of members; 3° The fee scale applicable to members with a majori…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-7

The mandataire judiciaire shall draw up statements of claims as follows: 1. For the claims mentioned in articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15, within ten days of the judgment opening t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D311-10

The classification decision referred to in Article D. 311-8 may be revoked or amended for the remaining period of the initial classification decision when, following an adversarial procedure initiated…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure applicable in the event of non-compliance with the rules on the advertising of veterinary medicinal products

Article R5145-3

In the event of non-compliance with the formal notice at the end of the period prescribed in application of II of Article R. 5145-2 and where the observations presented are not satisfactory, the Direc…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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