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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
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Article L1311-1

In accordance with the provisions of article L. 3111-1 du code général de la propriété des personnes publiques, properties belonging to the public domain of local authorities, their public establishme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1154-1

When a dispute arises relating to the application of Articles L. 1152-1 to L. 1152-3 and L. 1153-1 to L. 1153-4, the applicant for a job, an internship or a period of training in a company or the empl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Levy and collection.

Article L1241-7

The procedures for applying this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The list of tissues mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1241-1 that may be re…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2195-4

If, during the performance of the contract, the contractor is placed in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-11, he shall inform the purchaser of this change in sit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Presenting the foreign national to the consular authorities

Article L733-6

If a foreign national placed under house arrest pursuant to articles L. 731-1, L. 731-3, L. 731-4 or L. 731-5 has failed, without legitimate reason, to comply with a request to be presented to the con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-34

In order to ensure compliance with the obligations laid down in Chapters I and II of this Title, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall provide regular information to their staff. To the sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-9

The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter are determined by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Profession of pharmacist

Article L4412-2

The following paragraphs are added to article L. 4211-4 applicable to Mayotte: By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 4211-1, sector dispensaries in Mayotte are authorised to dispense…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Alert procedure

Article L234-3

In commercial companies, the works council or, failing this, the employee delegates exercise the powers provided for in articles L. 422-4 and L. 432-5 of the Labour Code. The chairman of the board of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-19

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 123-54, the tariff of formalities for filing and transferring the declarations and recording the particulars referred to in this section and for filing and tran…

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