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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-6-1

Selling alcoholic beverages at a fuel sales outlet outside the hours specified in the fourth paragraph of article L. 3322-9 or selling refrigerated alcoholic beverages there is punishable by a fine of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60-1

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, where the employer is considering modifying an essential element of the employment contract for one of the economic reasons set out in article L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-8-1

Decisions taken by the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority pursuant to Article L. 463-4 to refuse protection of business secrecy or to lift the protection granted may be the subject of an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Territorial allocation for local authority investment

Article L2573-54-1

A territorial endowment for investment is instituted for the benefit of the communes of French Polynesia. This allocation is earmarked for the financing of projects by communes and their establishment…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-6-1

If a trade mark protected in a State party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property has been registered in France in the name of the agent or representative of the proprietor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-4

I. - Every water bill includes an amount calculated on the basis of the volume actually consumed by the subscriber and may, in addition, include an amount calculated independently of this volume on th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7122-9-1

The President may decide that the meeting of the Assembly of French Guiana shall be held in several places, by videoconference. When the meeting of the assembly of French Guiana is held by videoconfer…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7222-9-1

The President may decide that the meeting of the Assembly of Martinique is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the Martinique Assembly is held by videoconference, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Operation

Article L23-114-2

The exercise of the mandate of member of the Regional Joint Trade Committee may not be a reason for termination of the employment contract. The dismissal or termination of a fixed-term contract of a m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4383-2-1

By way of derogation from article L. 4383-2, the number of students or pupils mentioned in this article recruited to meet the needs of the armed forces and their distribution between the institutes or…

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