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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4

…erprofessionnelles (National Committee for Interprofessional Cooperation) referred to in Article L. 4011-3.Local protocols must meet the essential quality and safety requirements referred to in Articl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-4

…on is requested by that natural person before the broadcast of the programme or during it for the remaining part.The amount of the remuneration depends on the type of medium and the recording duration…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal enjoyment

Article 386-4

Legal enjoyment does not extend to property:1° Which the child may acquire through his work;2° Which is given or bequeathed to him under the express condition that the parents will not enjoy it;3° Whi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-4

…contract, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded in the cases mentioned in articles L. 1242-2 and L. 1242-3 and, in addition, when the apprentice must fulfil national service obligations wi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article R211-40

The members of the classification committees and the classification commission are bound by professional secrecy and may not, in any form whatsoever, report on the discussions of the classification co…

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

Article L2223-4

An order of the mayor assigns in perpetuity, in the cemetery, a fitted ossuary where the exhumed remains are immediately reburied. The mayor may also arrange for the cremation of the exhumed remains i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L2321-4

The agreement provided for in article L. 2321-2 sets the number of delegation hours from which the elected members of the works council participating in negotiations benefit. This number may not, save…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-47

The partner of a private practice company set up to practise the profession of industrial property attorney may be excluded from it in the event of a final disciplinary sanction having the effect of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Referral to the civil or administrative courts

Article L524-4

When the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs asks the civil court to order one of the measures mentioned in this chapter, it may also ask the court seised to orde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-4

The pay and various allowances received by officers, petty officers, quartermasters and sailors belonging to the marine fire brigade and the services attached to it are determined by the regulations a…

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