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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-8

At its first meeting, the Assembly, chaired by its oldest member, with the two youngest members acting as secretaries, shall elect its Chairman from among its members by secret ballot. As an exception…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to sanitation

Article L2224-8

I. - Communes are responsible for wastewater treatment.In this context, they draw up a collective wastewater treatment plan including, before the end of 2013, a detailed description of wastewater coll…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-8

Prior to the conclusion of a distance contract for the sale of foodstuffs, the trader shall provide the consumer, pursuant to Article L. 221-5, in a legible and comprehensible manner, the information…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-8

The territorially competent State representative organises health checks on travellers and means of sea and air transport arriving in France from an affected area, within the meaning of Article 1 of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-8

Occupational health and prevention services are provided by a multidisciplinary occupational health team comprising occupational physicians, medical assistants, occupational medicine interns, occupati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-8

The decisions of the Disciplinary Board of the National Council may be appealed to the Conseil d'Etat.When the Disciplinary Board of the National Council imposes a ban on practising the profession, it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-8

I. - The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may authorise, for a limited period, the in-house pharmacies of public health establishments: 1° To supply other in-house pharmacies when there…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-8

I.-Private copy levies are not due when the recording medium is acquired for their own use or production by: 1° Audiovisual communication companies; 2° Producers of phonograms or videograms and person…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Effect on insurance contracts of the requisition of goods and services.

Article L160-8

In all cases other than those provided for in the third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 160-7, the insured must, within one month of becoming aware of the dispossession or the entry into force of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Undertakings for collective real estate investment with sub-funds

Article L214-85

I. - An undertaking for collective real estate investment may have several sub-funds if the regulations of the real estate investment fund or the articles of association of the société de placement à…

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