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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-88

Mayors and deputy mayors, the chairmen and vice-chairmen of departmental councils and the chairmen and vice-chairmen of regional councils benefit from the provisions of articles L. 3142-83 to L. 3142-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-30

Where the victim of a road traffic accident dies more than one month after the date of the accident, the period provided for in article L. 211-9 for making an offer of compensation to the victim's hei…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-40

The persons called to the homologation hearing pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 611-9 may inspect the agreement at the court registry. The judgment does not repeat the terms of the agreem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-10

Testing of medicinal products, within the meaning of 9° of article L. 5121-20, means all chemical, pharmaceutical and biological tests, non-clinical tests and clinical trials. Without prejudice to the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Contracts concluded at trade fairs and exhibitions

Article L224-62

Where the conclusion of a contract for the sale or provision of services between a trader and a consumer, at a fair, exhibition or any commercial event covered by Chapter II of Title VI of Book VII of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: The commercial freelance administration contract

Article L1254-23

The contract concluded in writing shall include the following clauses and information: 1° the identity of the employee concerned; 2° a description of the skills, qualifications and areas of expertise…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-21

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall ensure publication, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, by mention in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-33

When the victim, the heirs or the spouse provides only part of the information requested by the insurer in its correspondence and the reply does not allow, due to the lack of sufficient information, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Expenses

Article L2543-3

The expenditure necessary to fulfil the obligations imposed by law on communes is entered in the communal budget. The following are compulsory: 1° The material costs of the communal administration; 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Simplification and freedom of organisation

Article L6149-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Code relating to the Management Board, the Institutional Medical Committee, the Nursing, Rehabilitation and Medico-Technical Committee and the internal organisat…

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