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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-7

I. - Articles L. 5211-21, L. 5211-23, L. 5211-25-1, L. 5211-26, L. 5211-27 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5211…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Central level.

Article L8121-1

…1 July 1947 on labour inspection and Convention No. 129 of the International Labour Organisation of 25 June 1969 on labour inspection shall ensure that the rights, guarantees and obligations of the la…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article R2512-27

…mmune of Paris (special budget of the Préfecture de Police) and are subject, pursuant to Article L. 2512-25, a contribution from the départements of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Work release, semi-liberty, temporary absences and escorted absences

Article 723-2

Where the provisions of article 132-25 of the Penal Code, the sentence enforcement judge shall set the terms and conditions for the execution of the semi-liberty or work release by an order that is no…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-51

…Articles L. 623-17 or L. 623-20, the applicant must justify that the conditions of l'article L. 623-25 sont remplies. The president may authorise the bailiff to make any useful observations with a vie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-20

…cial year, the sale price of shares issued by companies employing fewer than five hundred employees may be determined, at the company's discretion, using one of the methods described in the previous t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-11

By way of derogation from article L. 5211-19, a commune may be authorised, by the State representative in the department after receiving the opinion of the departmental commission for inter-communal c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article R2334-38

…e for subsidy, the rate of subsidy applied and the total amount of subsidies granted. The agreement may also include a provisional timetable for the completion of the projects. Funding from the urban…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions

Article R4443-1-1

…tance de l'ordre des pharmaciens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie ou de la Polynésie française, as the case may be"; 2° In all provisions, the words: "conseil régional ou central" mean: "the body of the ordre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Cooperation between the armed forces health service and other health care providers

Article R6147-145

I.-The health professionals and psychologists referred to in article 44 of law no. 85-772 of 25 July 1985 containing various provisions of a social nature, who come under the provisions of article L.…

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