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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3133-1

The legal holidays listed below are public holidays: 1° 1st January ; 2° Easter Monday ; 3° 1st May ; 4° 8th May ; 5° Ascension Day ; 6° Whit Monday ; 7° 14th July 8° Assumption Day 9° All Saints' Day…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-6

When the property concerned by article L. 1321-1 are the property of the local authority that already exercised jurisdiction and this is confirmed by the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la ré…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-4

The provisions of article L. 2335-2 are not applicable in the event of financial difficulties arising, for a municipality, from its shareholding in the capital of a local semi-public company or from t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-6

Making available to the public an automatic device for dispensing alcoholic beverages is punishable by a fine of €3,750.The machine used to commit the offence will be seized and the court will order i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-11

When the court pronounces personal bankruptcy or the prohibition provided for in Article L. 653-8, it shall set the duration of the measure, which may not exceed fifteen years. It may order provisiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-7

The exemption from the obligation to include directors representing employees on the board of directors provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 225-27-1 is applicable to companies whose sha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Criminal provisions.

Article L2431-1

Articles L. 2222-2, L. 2222-4, L. 2223-1 and L. 2223-2 are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. For their application in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories : 1° Le 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

I. - The payment service provider may not charge the payment service user for fulfilling its information obligations or for carrying out corrective and preventive measures pursuant to this chapter, ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-14

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The composition and conditions of approval, financing, operation and a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-10

I.-The regional development plan is drawn up on the initiative and under the authority of the deliberative assembly of the region, department or local authority, in accordance with a procedure led by…

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