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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-41

All transactions relating to the collection of the contribution and the payment of its proceeds to the Comité de concertation et de coordination de l'apprentissage du bâtiment et des travaux publics a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-42

The proceeds of the levy are paid monthly to the Comité de concertation et de coordination de l'apprentissage du bâtiment et des travaux publics: 1° By the BTP Prévoyance fund, for the levy payable by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-45

The General Economic and Financial Controller of the State for the Comité de concertation et de coordination de l'apprentissage du bâtiment et des travaux publics (Building and Public Works Apprentice…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of hospital foundations

Article R6141-56

…of Directors; 2° The Director of the Foundation; 3° The Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board; 4° Where one of the public health establishments is a university hospital centre, a representative o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20

…the public; in this case, the transmitting organisation is exempt from payment of any remuneration ;4° The authorisation to broadcast a work over the air includes the distribution for non-commercial p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Beneficiaries of stateless status

Article L424-19

…the year following their eighteenth birthday or who come under the provisions of article L. 421-35; 4° Their direct ascendants in the first degree if the foreign national who has obtained the benefit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The right of accession in relation to immovable property

Article 555

Where the plantations, constructions and works have been made by a third party and with materials belonging to the latter, the owner of the land has the right, subject to the provisions of paragraph 4…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-15

…by articles 73 and 74 of the Constitution or the collectivity of New Caledonia; 3° Municipalities; 4° Public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with competence in sport; 5° Depending on th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: French Paralympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-7

…and symbol;2° The Paralympic anthem;3° The logo, mascot, slogan and posters of the Paralympic Games;4° The year of the Paralympic Games "city + year", in conjunction with the French National Olympic a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions.

Article L1312-1

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 1324-1, L. 1337-1, L. 1337-1-1, L. 1338-4 and L. 1343-1, breaches of the provisions of the articles of this book, or of the regulations adopted for their appli…

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