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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article R600-3

For the application of Article L. 610-1, the seat and jurisdiction of the commercial courts and judicial tribunals with jurisdiction in mainland France are fixed in accordance with the tables in Annex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Urban equalisation grant.

Article R3334-2

For a given département, the urbanisation rate mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 3334-6-1 is equal to the ratio between, on the one hand, the municipal population of the communes in this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-15-1

The sustainable development plan may be made compatible pursuant to article L. 300-6-1 of the town planning code. The provisions proposed to ensure the compatibility of the plan are subject to a joint…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Aggravated risks

Article R1141-1

…e, L. 112-4 of the Mutual Insurance Code, L. 932-39 of the Social Security Code and Articles L. 313-6-1, L. 612-1 and L. 612-39 of the Monetary and Financial Code, breaches of the obligation set out i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of speech therapist and orthoptist

Article D4343-1

Articles D. 4333-1 to D. 4333-6-1 are applicable to speech therapists and orthoptists, subject to the following adaptations:1° In the second sentence of article D. 4333-1, the words: "in article L. 43…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Psychiatric care procedure

Article D3844-3

For the application of article R. 3222-6: 1° The words: "the director of the regional health agency" are replaced by the words: "the locally competent health authority"; 2° In the last paragraph, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contract duration and working time

Article R6222-49-1

…e with disabilities designated by the apprentice training centre in application of 1° of article L. 6231-2 and, where applicable, the person in charge of guiding, informing and supporting people with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R1524-8

For the application of article R. 1263-6-1 in Mayotte, the words: "the departmental unit mentioned in article R. 8122-2 within whose jurisdiction the service is provided" are replaced by the words: "t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Authorisation to occupy the public domain constituting rights in rem

Article L1311-6

…ts and property and in the cases provided for in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 1311-6-1, than to a person approved by the local authorities, their groupings and their public establishm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Pursuit of the activity of entrepreneur of live performances on an ancillary basis

Article L7122-19

…s, without being subject to the declaration obligations mentioned in articles L. 7122-3 and L. 7122-6: 1° Any person whose principal activity or purpose is not the operation of venues, or the producti…

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