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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Borrowings

Article L3212-4

The departmental council decides on: 1° Borrowings by the department; 2° Loan guarantees under the conditions set out in articles L. 3231-4 et L. 3231-5.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3122-4

By way of derogation from Article L. 3122-2, for retail establishments which provide goods and services and which are located in the areas referred to in Article L. 3132-24, the period of night work,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee and local representative

Article L2421-4

The procedure provided for in this sub-section also applies to an employee holding one of the following mandates:1° Member of the special negotiating body and member of the European Works Council ;2°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-4

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Illicit obtaining, use and disclosure

Article L151-4

Abtaining a business secret is unlawful when it is done without the consent of its legitimate holder and results from: 1° Unauthorised access to any document, object, material, substance or digital fi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L215-4

The provisions of articles L. 215-1 to L. 215-3 and L. 241-3 are reproduced in full in the contracts for the provision of services to which they apply.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L221-4

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to contracts for the supply of water, gas or electricity where they are not packaged in a delimited volume or in a specific quantity, and to the supply of di…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-4

The budget of the territorial authority is in real balance when the operating section and the investment section are respectively voted in balance, the revenue and expenditure having been evaluated in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations to adapt and redeploy.

Article L1233-4

An employee may only be made redundant for economic reasons when all efforts to train and adapt have been made and when the person concerned cannot be redeployed to available jobs located in France in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-4

The internal rules may only be introduced after they have been submitted to the Social and Economic Committee for its opinion.The internal regulations shall indicate the date of their entry into force…

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