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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Asset management

Article L3213-4

…ructures on departmental roads; it sets toll rates within the limits provided for in Article L. 153-4 of the highway code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Local authority cultural services

Article D1421-4

In application of the provisions of article L. 1421-4, the rules relating to the libraries of local authorities or their groupings are laid down by the provisions of articles R. 310-1 to R. 314-1 of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to pharmaceutical companies, organisations and establishments

Article R5124-42

The companies or organisations mentioned in article R. 5124-2 are not authorised to supply to the public the medicinal products, products or objects mentioned in article L. 4211-1 and in 4° of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Structures for integration through economic activity.

Article L5132-4

…tegration companies ;2° Entreprises de travail temporaire d'insertion ;3° Intermediary associations;4° Workshops and integration sites.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-4

…e operator for whose benefit the security service is provided, of a fixed indemnity and, where applicable, the sum due in respect of the transport.I. - This payment is made:1 Either, when the offence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Information

Article R4425-4

…Social and Economic Committee: 1° The activities in which workers are exposed to pathogenic biological agents, the procedures, work methods and corresponding protective and preventive measures and re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-4

…s and products of the human body, including the constitution and use of collections of human biological samples for genetic research purposes, are governed by the provisions of articles L. 1243-3 and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retirement savings plans

Article D224-4

The liquidation or early redemption of rights in the cases mentioned in I of article L. 224-4 takes the form of a single payment which, at the option of the holder, relates to all or part of the right…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L761-4

Articles L. 700-2, L. 722-7, L. 722-12, L. 732-8, L. 743-20, L. 751-1 to L. 751-13, L. 754-2, L. 754-4 and L. 754-5 are not applicable in French Guyana.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-4

A foreign national who is not in one of the situations referred to in articles R. 426-4, R. 426-6 and R. 431-5 must submit their application for a residence permit within two months of entering France…

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