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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER II: MORTGAGES AND LIENS ON AIRCRAFT.

Article L122-3

The mortgage may be extended on an ancillary basis to spare parts corresponding to the type of the mortgaged aircraft(s) provided that said parts are individualised.These spare parts are stored in one…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-3

The co-production contract, the financing contract and the contracts concluded with the authors and with any other natural or legal person benefiting from a share of the receipts from the exploitation…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Pooling

Article L3112-3

…f the European Union, provided that this choice has not been made for the purpose of evading the application of national provisions affecting public policy. Notwithstanding the provisions of article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Publicity and entry into force

Article L2131-3

The State representative may, at any time, request communication of the acts taken on behalf of the municipality which are not mentioned in article L. 2131-2. The State representative may only refer t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1544-3

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 1142-1 is replaced by the following provisions: Art.L. 1142-1. - When the sponsor is not liable, a medical accident, an iatrogenic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Liability of the local authority in the event of an accident

Article L7125-34

When the elected representatives mentioned in Article L. 7125-33 are victims of an accident occurring in the performance of their duties, the territorial collectivity of French Guyana shall pay direct…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement

Article L7227-33

Retirement pensions already liquidated and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they were constituted or from which they were transfer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sponsorship.

Article L6523-3

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, in order to provide practical training in the company for an employee on a p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for negotiating and concluding sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-34

Collective sector agreements are made public and included in a national database, the content of which is published online in an easily reusable open standard. They are published in a version that doe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementation

Article L7332-3

The remuneration of an entrepreneur-employee member of a cooperative of activity and employment includes a fixed part and a variable part calculated according to the turnover of his activity, after de…

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