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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article L3334-16-1

The amount of funding allocated by the State to the running and equipment of collèges with binational or international sections and the collège de Font-Romeu is included in the general decentralisatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Trainee working conditions.

Article L6343-1

…duration of their presence in the company as part of one of the training courses mentioned in article L. 6313-1, trainees who do not have an employment contract benefit from the provisions of this co…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-17

Collective management organisations use for actions to support creation, the dissemination of live performances, the development of artistic and cultural education and training actions for artists: 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-16

The Minister of the Interior may, in the cases provided for in 1 and 3 of article L. 3332-15, close these establishments for a period of between three months and one year. Where applicable, the period…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article L4163-15

The managing bodies shall record in the account the points corresponding to the data declared by the employer pursuant to article L. 4163-6 and shall inform the worker each year of the points acquired…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article L4163-14

The professional prevention account is managed by the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie and the network of organisations of the occupational injury and disease branch of the general scheme. The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-11

The owner of the spring is responsible for repairing any damage caused by measures imposed under articles L. 1322-3 to L. 1322-7, as well as damage caused by work carried out under articles L. 1322-8…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article L5422-1

I.-Employees who are fit for work and looking for work, who meet the conditions of age and previous activity, and whose : 1° Either the loss of employment is involuntary, or is treated as involuntary…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature of copyright

Article L111-1

The author of a work of the mind enjoys, by the sole fact of its creation, an exclusive intangible property right enforceable against all.This right comprises attributes of an intellectual and moral n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-10

Labile blood products intended for direct therapeutic use are stored, with a view to their distribution and issue, at the Établissement Français du Sang and at the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centr…

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