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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise of a professional activity

Article L2123-8

No dismissal, downgrading or disciplinary sanction may be imposed for absences resulting from the application of the provisions of articles L. 2123-1, L. 2123-2 and L. 2123-4 on pain of nullity and da…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise of a professional activity.

Article L3123-8

Civil servants governed by Titles I to IV of the general civil service statute shall, at their request, be placed on secondment to carry out one of the mandates mentioned in article L. 3123-7.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise of a professional activity.

Article L4135-8

Civil servants governed by Titles I to IV of the general civil service statute shall, at their request, be placed on secondment to carry out one of the mandates mentioned in article L. 4135-7.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-8

I. - The articles L. 2123-25, L. 2123-28 and L. 2123-29 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and IV. II. - For the application of the first…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-8

The persons mentioned in article L. 2421-6 may, in addition, purely and simply waive their rights. They are deemed to have waived them in the event of a refusal to acquire or lease or, in the absence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of elections.

Article L2314-8

Where there is no social and economic committee, the employer shall initiate the procedure defined in Article L. 2314-5 at the request of an employee or a trade union organisation within one month of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-8-2

I.-The visual assessment and prescription referred to in 1° of Article L. 4342-1 may be carried out by an orthoptist for patients aged between 16 and 42 who do not present any of the contraindications…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-8

When the lender forfeits the right to interest under the conditions set out in articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-7, the borrower is only obliged to repay the capital in accordance with the agreed repayment…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-8

I.-Private copy levies are not due when the recording medium is acquired for their own use or production by: 1° Audiovisual communication companies; 2° Producers of phonograms or videograms and person…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgements

Article L123-6

The rights referred to in article…

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