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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The electorate

Article R7343-2

A ballot is organised for each of the sectors of activity mentioned in article L. 7343-1. Employees may take part in the ballot organised for each sector of activity in which they work, provided that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-47

…e provided for in Article D. 6431-45 do not suspend the time limits provided for in Article L. 6431-7.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-31

I.- Legal entities and establishments open to the public referred to in 7° of Article L. 122-5 that make reproductions or representations of a protected work or object suitable for disabled people may…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-8

…ion required in I of article L. 212-1 or exercising his or her activity in breach of article L. 212-7 without having passed the tests to which the administrative authority has subjected him or her ; 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Swimming pools and bathing areas.

Article L1332-5

…ools and bathing facilities are monitored by the agents mentioned in articles L. 1421-1 and L. 1435-7 and by the agents of the Ministry of Sport.The assessment of the quality and classification of bat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-21

Inventions whose author is an inventor covered by article L. 611-7-1, hosted by a legal entity carrying out research in which, at the date of the invention declaration, at least half of the permanent…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A111-2

As long as the data referred to in article L. 111-7 justify it, taking gender into account may result in differences in premiums and benefits proportionate to the risks under insurance operations clas…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-16

…e financial situation of the metropolis, provided for in 1° of the first paragraph of Article L. 5217-10-14, include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/population;2° Actual operating…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Pubs whose main activity is the operation of a dance floor

Article D314-1

The closing time for pubs whose main purpose is to operate a dance floor is 7am. The sale of alcoholic beverages is no longer permitted in the premises referred to in the first paragraph during the ho…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-8

…seizure for infringement has not previously been ordered under the conditions set out in article L. 716-4-7.

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