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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Member of the Special Negotiating Body, the European Works Council, the European Company Committee, the Committee of the European Cooperative Society or the Committee of the Company resulting from the cross-border merger

Article L2435-3

Breaking the employment contract of an employee who is a member of the special negotiating body or of an employee who is a member of the committee of the European Cooperative Society, in disregard of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2312-3

…0,000 inhabitants or more is voted either by nature or by function. If it is voted by nature, it includes a functional presentation; if it is voted by function, it includes a presentation by nature. T…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-3

Long-stay visas referred to in 1° and 2° of Article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article L2215-3

The powers conferred on the mayor by article L. 2213-4 do not prevent the representative of the State in the department from prohibiting, by means of a reasoned order, for several communes or for a si…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3

I.-The devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 shall be placed on the market or put into service in accordance with A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-3

Any organisation that has made a prior declaration to the Minister for Research may, for the purposes of its own research programmes, ensure the conservation and preparation for scientific purposes of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Environment and local services

Article L4424-39

In compliance with the provisions of the nation's plan, the territorial collectivity of Corsica:1° Drafts and implements the programme for the exploration, exploitation and development of Corsica's lo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-31

The central bodies represent the credit institutions and finance companies affiliated to them in their dealings with the Banque de France and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. They…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L3411-3

A National Institute for Teaching, Research, Information and Prevention on Drug Addiction is responsible for coordinating all State activities and carrying out all useful research, both fundamental an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-39

Refusal of acceptance or payment must be recorded in a notarised deed known as a protest faute d'acceptation or faute de paiement. The protest in default of acceptance must be made within the time lim…

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