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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-2

The President of the Departmental Council is responsible for organising :1° Prenatal and postnatal consultations and medico-social prevention activities for pregnant women;2° Consultations and medico-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Organisation and powers.

Article L411-2

The powers of the Comité Consultatif de la Législation et de la Réglementation Financières are set out in Article L. 614-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code, which reads as follows: "Art. L. 614-2 -T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Accounting provisions

Article L6265-2

The provisions of articles L. 1617-2, L. 1617-3, L. 1617-5, L. 3341-1 and L. 3342-1 are applicable to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy and its public establishments.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Accounting provisions

Article L6365-2

The provisions of articles L. 1617-2, L. 1617-3, L. 1617-5, L. 3341-1 and L. 3342-1 are applicable to the collectivity of Saint-Martin and its public establishments.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Group Committee.

Article L2632-2

The provisions relating to the Group Works Council set out in Articles L. 2331-1 to L. 2331-4 and L. 2331-6 apply to dominant undertakings whose registered office is located in a department of mainlan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Recognition of disabled worker status.

Article L5213-2

Disabled worker status is recognised by the Commission des droits et de l'autonomie des personnes handicapées (Commission on the Rights and Independence of Disabled People) referred to in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-20

I.-In their wording resulting from Act No. 2018-1021 of 23 November 2018 on the evolution of housing, development and digital, the articles L. 511-1 to L. 511-5 and article L. 511-6, with the exceptio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L8234-2

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inArticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence of bargaining as defined in Article L. 8231-1 shall be subject to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22-2

Until the next general renewal of the municipal councils following their creation, new municipalities whose creation order has been issued as of 2 January 2022 benefit, in respect of each of the parts…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2

Articles L. 222-2-1 to L. 222-2-8 apply to: 1° Salaried professional athletes, defined as any person whose remunerated activity is the pursuit of a sporting activity in a legally subordinate relations…

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