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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-1

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged cable retransmission, on national territory, of a work broadcast from national territory or the territory of another Member State o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-2

I. - Subject to articles L. 1511-3, L. 1511-7 and L. 1511-8, Title V of Book II of Part Two and Title III of Book II of Part Three, the Regional Council alone is competent to define aid schemes and to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-4

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book III in French Polynesia:1° Article L. 2311-1 reads as follows:"Art. L. 2311-1 -The provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book I, with the exce…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2671-4

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book III in New Caledonia :1° Article L. 2311-1 reads as follows:"Art. L. 2311-1 -The provisions of Chapter I of Title I of Book I, with the except…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-4

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book III in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories: 1° Article L. 2311-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 2311-1 -The provisions of Chapter I of T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-124

I. - An undertaking for collective real estate investment may change its currency unit from one financial year to another. This change may only be made on the opening date of a financial year. The inf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Admissibility of lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-24-3

I. - The personal data mentioned in articles D. 1441-22-2, D. 1441-22-3 and D. 1441-22-4 are kept as follows: 1° Until the end of the term of office : a) For the representative of the trade union or p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Management of sites polluted by radioactive substances

Article R1333-95

I.-Any pollution of a site by radioactive substances resulting from the exercise of a nuclear activity subject to a regime mentioned in article L. 1333-8 or L. 1333-9 is managed according to the speci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-36

I. - When the European Commission initiates proceedings against France on the basis of Article 258 or 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the State shall inform the local autho…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

I. - The following shall be submitted to the director of the registry of the court that rendered the decision, approved the agreement or endorsed the future protection mandate:1° Applications for the…

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