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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks

Article R1435-17

…ble for their implementation. Flat-rate remuneration incurred under 1° of III of article R. 1435-16 may be allocated to a health centre employing a salaried doctor who participates in the continuity o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article R151-17

The administrative authorities competent to examine the authorisation provided for in this chapter may have recourse to international cooperation to verify the accuracy of the information provided to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Relations between sports associations and companies

Article L122-17

…forms a sports company is the addressee of the deliberations of the company's management bodies. It may take the actions provided for in articles L. 225-230 to L. 225-232 of the French Commercial Code…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-17

A councillor who refuses to be installed or who has been declared to have resigned may, of his own motion or at his own request, be relieved of the incapacity provided for in article L. 1441-10.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-17

…n parties to the agreement, third parties who have dealt with the manager of the undivided interest may not rely, to the detriment of the usufruct rights, on any powers conferred on him by the bare ow…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-17

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a collective branch agreement may provide for the maximum daily working time provided for in article L. 3122-6 to be exceeded, under conditions d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV bis : The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article L7124-17

The Grand Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations may hold joint meetings with the Economic, Social, Environmental, Culture and Education Council of French Guiana to examine iss…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-17

A variety essential to human or animal life may be made subject to the ex officio licence system by decree in the Conseil d'Etat or, where it is of interest to public health, by joint order of the Min…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special allowance agreement for older workers

Article R5123-17

…age stipulated in 1° of article L. 351-8 of the Social Security Code. The conditions under which it may be combined with a retirement pension and the terms of such combination are determined by decree…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-17

To carry out the seizure provided for in Article…

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