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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-1-1

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, following the opinion of a commission composed in particular of professionals, individually autho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-1

In companies which are not obliged to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 of the French Labour Code, when the owner of a shareholding representing more than 50% of the shares in a lim…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-1

For the application of Article L. 1221-22 in Mayotte, the second paragraph is replaced by a paragraph worded as follows: "longer periods set by collective branch agreements concluded before 1 January…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Public contracts concluded by a contracting entity

Article L2514-1

Public contracts concluded by a contracting entity for the purchase of water are subject to the rules defined in Title II, when this entity carries out one of the activities relating to drinking water…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions specific to Book I

Article L3331-1

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book I to Saint-Martin, in article L. 3123-1, the references to articles 1741 to 1743, 1746 and 1747 of the General Tax Code are replaced by refere…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L951-1-1

In article L. 123-11-3, references to the Consumer Code and the Labour Code are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-11

Advertising for the substances mentioned in article L. 1221-2 is prohibited. Medical information and information intended to indicate the location of depots do not constitute advertising. By way of de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1235-1

Only health establishments authorised to remove organs in application of article L. 1233-1 may export them for therapeutic purposes. Only health establishments authorised to transplant organs in appli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Support systems for the general public and professionals to coordinate complex healthcare pathways

Article L6327-1

Health, social and medico-social professionals and, where appropriate, the structures employing them, as well as prevention and occupational health services, in the exercise of their missions under ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7125-13

Independent of the leave of absence and time credit provided for in articles L. 7125-1 et L. 7125-2, councillors to the Assembly of French Guyana who are employees are entitled to training leave. This…

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