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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-5

For the application of article L. 3152-4 in Mayotte : a) The benefits mentioned in 1° are those of the schemes mentioned in articles 23-7 and 23-8 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Trainee working conditions.

Article L6343-2

The working hours applicable to trainees not holding an employment contract may not exceed the legal weekly and daily working hours set by articles L. 3121-18 and L. 3121-27 respectively. The maximum…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-1

…s of a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, those of a branch agreement, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 3121-27 to L. 3121-33, and L. 3121-35 to L. 3121-40 is punisha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article R2543-1

The provisions of articles R. 1612-27 to R. 1612-31 shall not apply to communes in the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. The provisions of article R. 1612-10, and articles R. 1612-19 to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article R2512-29

A coordination committee is responsible for examining problems concerning the services governed by article R. 2512-27. This committee is consulted on all draft decisions concerning the management of c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation and operation

Article R5126-24

When prisons or administrative detention centres cannot be supplied on a daily basis by the in-house pharmacy of the health establishment designated in application of article R. 6111-27 to provide pub…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Rights of audiovisual communication companies

Article L216-1

…dcasting, their making available to the public online and their communication to the public in a place accessible to the public on payment of an admission fee, are subject to authorisation by the audi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-3

Any company carrying out the activities mentioned in Article L. 422-1 on the date of entry into force of the loi n° 90-1052 du 26 novembre 1990 preceded may apply to be entered on the list of industri…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L284-1

…visions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Articles applicable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1431-6

…nmental cooperation establishments of an administrative nature are subject to the provisions of loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territ…

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