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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-26-4

…the Mayotte Departmental Council in terms of assistance with social and professional integration; "5° Each year, by the relevant State departments, the data relating to the overseas territory concern…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion

Article R6523-15

Section 2 of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of this Part applies in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and La Réunion subject to the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion

Article R6523-16

I. -Articles R. 6123-3-3, R. 6123-3-4 and R. 6123-3-10 do not apply. II.-For the application of article R. 6123-3-9, the words "national and" are deleted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-24

The provisions of sub-section 1 of this section, with the exception of those of II of article R. 6523-16, of a of article R. 6523-17, of article R. 6523-18 insofar as it adds a 3° and a 4° to III of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R8272-7

The Prefect of the département in which the establishment is located or, in Paris and on the premises of the Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Le Bourget and Paris-Orly airports, the Police Prefect, may…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19-1

…his opinion by 30 November of the same year at the latest. Notwithstandingarticle 176 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget and accounting management, if no express decision has…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 A bis

From 1 January 2012, municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of local authority groupings with their own tax status may exempt orchards, fruit crops of trees and shrubs and vines, each for its…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-1

…hat the rights holders would not object to the uses of the orphan work provided for in Article L. 135-2;2° Any work considered orphan in another Member State pursuant to Article 2 of Directive 2012/28…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-1

I. - With effect from 2012, a national fund for the equalisation of inter-communal and communal resources is created for communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their ow…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Procedure applicable to referrals in cases of withdrawal or blocking by providers of online content-sharing services

Article R331-43

The Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique carries out the conciliation in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 331-40.The authority may attach a penalty…

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