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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-3

The scale of remuneration and the methods of payment of remuneration are established by agreements specific to each branch of activity between the representative organisations of performers, producers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Constitution and organisation of the medical reserve

Article L3132-3

Unless otherwise provided, the conditions for application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree, and in particular : 1° The categories of persons who may join the health reserve mentioned in ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3211-3

A departmental council or, by concurring deliberation, several departmental councils may submit proposals to amend or adapt legislative or regulatory provisions, in force or in the process of being dr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the Metropolitan Council and its President

Article L3642-3

I. - For the application of articles L. 511-5, L. 512-4, L. 512-5, L. 512-6 et L. 513-1 of the Internal Security Code to the metropolis of Lyon:1° The reference to the public establishment for inter-m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article L5122-3

I.-For the application of the third paragraph of I of article L. 5122-1, the following is taken into account instead of the legal working time: 1° The working time stipulated in the contract for indiv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-3

I.-As an exception to the last paragraph ofarticle L. 8241-1 and under the conditions set out in this article, a company may make its employees available on a temporary basis to a young company or a s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION

Article L512-3

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons terminates, on its own initiative or at the request of the administrative authority, the benefit of subsidiary protection when th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-3

The President of the Departmental Council is solely responsible for administration. He may delegate by decree, under his supervision and responsibility, the exercise of part of his functions to the vi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-3

The rights registered on the personal training account remain acquired in the event of a change in the holder's professional situation or loss of employment.Rights acquired in hours, in accordance wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-3

For its application in Wallis and Futuna, article L. 5125-9 is amended as follows:1° In the first paragraph, the words: "of the Conseil de l'ordre des pharmaciens with territorial jurisdiction" are re…

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