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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6253-4

…uthorisation for land use or occupation; 3° Appointment to functional posts in the local authority; 4° Exercise of the right of pre-emption under the conditions defined in Article LO 6214-7.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Samples taken from a living person.

Article R1211-4

…mit of a maximum amount per day equal to ten times the fixed daily rate provided for inarticle L. 174-4 of the Social Security Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Observatory for analysis and support for social dialogue and negotiation

Article R2234-4

…unit publishes the updated list of persons designated by the organisations mentioned in article R. 2234-1 as members of the observatory provided for in article L. 2234-4 in the departmental collection…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: The Company Ombudsman

Article R2197-23

In the event of a dispute concerning the performance of contracts, purchasers and holders may have recourse to the Company Mediator.The Company Mediator acts as a third party, without decision-making…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R722-23

The declaration of interests and, where applicable, the supplementary declaration(s) shall be submitted by the interested party to the authorities mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-41

I.-For the persons mentioned in 1°, 2° and 4° to 6° of Article L. 311-1 subject to a resolution procedure, the resolution college may decide to use one or more liability management structures to which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-4

The court may declare the personal bankruptcy of any director, de jure or de facto, of a legal person, against whom one of the following facts has been identified: 1° Having disposed of the assets of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article D3131-4

A derogation may be made from the minimum daily rest period of eleven hours per employee, under the terms and conditions laid down by the agreement provided for in Article L. 3131-2, to the minimum pe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L352-4

…Wallis and Futuna Islands: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 322-1 to L. 322-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Work requiring the use of work equipment

Article D4153-29

…the transmissions, mechanisms and work equipment in question. II. - The prohibition mentioned in I may be waived under the conditions and in the forms provided for in section 3 of this chapter.

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