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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Speech therapists.

Article L4341-6

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 4341-2, the ministers responsible for higher education and health, after obtaining the opinion of a committee appointed by joint decree, may authorise to c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rules and procedures

Article R2225-6

…exercises special policing for external fire defence, an inter-communal external fire defence plan may be drawn up by the president of the public establishment. It complies with the provisions of art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Investigation, allocation and payment of aid.

Article R5522-60

…d: 1° For business start-ups, under the same conditions as for the aid provided for in articles L. 5141-1, L. 5141-2 and L. 5141-5. The application may be examined in conjunction with these; 2° For mo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-6

…offences and the search for the perpetrators, the national police and national gendarmerie services may implement automated processing of personal data collected: 1° In the course of preliminary or fl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-6

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of articles L. 421-1 to L. 421-5 and in particular the legal bases and procedures for determining the compensation whic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure.

Article L2523-6

Once the parties have received the mediator's proposal to settle the dispute, they may notify the mediator within a period of eight days, in accordance with the conditions laid down by regulation, tha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 10: Spare parts.

Article L511-62

Any person entitled to recourse may, unless otherwise stipulated, reimburse himself by means of a new letter called a pension drawn at sight on one of his guarantors and payable at the latter's domici…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of activity as a live performance entrepreneur

Article L7122-6

Live performance promoters other than those mentioned in articles L. 7122-3 and L. 7122-5 may engage in this activity on a temporary and occasional basis under conditions laid down by decree in the Co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article R2315-6

…of the staff delegation of the Social and Economic Committee, as provided for in Article L. 2315-9, may not result in any one of them having more than one and a half times, in any one month, the numbe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-6

…before the national list was drawn up. Each list shall comprise at least four candidates. No person may be a candidate on more than one list.

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