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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-1

…the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Defence pursuant to Decree no. 76-225 of 4 March 1976, as amended, laying down the respective powers of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-23-2

…community of communes is equal, each year, to the amount of the loss of revenue multiplied from 2009 by a reduction rate. For 2009, this reduction rate corresponds to the difference between the total…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-35

…o each urban community is equal, each year, to the amount of the loss of revenue multiplied from 2009 by a reduction rate. For 2009, this reduction rate corresponds to the difference between the total…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-7

…into the category of small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of article 51 of law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 on the modernisation of the economy, when it wishes to sell a holding repr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-3

…ns or sub-sections of the National Universities Council governed by decree no. 87-31 of 20 January 1987 corresponding to the discipline or speciality concerned:a) For medicine, in all specialties exce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Categories of revenue

Article L3332-1

…énéral des impôts ;8° The repayment from the Fonds national de garantie individuelle des ressources;9° The fraction of value added tax provided for in A to E of V of Article 16 of Law No. 2019-1479 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Exemptions in the interests of the defence

Article R4411-86

The exemptions to Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 provided for in III of Article L. 521-1 of the Environment Code are issued by a joint decision of the Minister for Defence and the Minister for Labour,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-3

…he conditions under which the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October, as amended, on the provision of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Economic and social measures

Article L2573-37

…7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia from the renewal of the municipal councils in 2008 and subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6413-1

…the specific organisation of the local authority. This article shall enter into force on 1 January 2008. As from this date, the laws and regulations already in force in matters not excluded from the…

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