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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the fire and rescue service of the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy

Article L1424-89

The Saint-Barthélemy fire brigade is made up of:1° Professional fire brigades;2° Volunteer fire brigades.Professional fire brigades, including the service manager, are recruited and managed by the col…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8

…n, possession or use of rockets or fireworks of any kind in a sports arena during the staging or public broadcasting of a sporting event is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 15,000…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-8

I. - The operator of a trading venue shall implement quotation step regimes for shares, representative certificates, listed funds, preferential certificates and other similar financial instruments, as…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jumping sessions

Article A322-148

The minimum age required to practise sport parachuting is fifteen. With the exception of licence-holders of federations with parachuting delegations, parachutists must present, at the time of registra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-8

When, at the end of a fixed-term employment contract, the contractual employment relationship is not continued by an open-ended contract, the employee is entitled, by way of additional salary, to an e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-8

Weather conditions and flooding are considered to be bad weather when they make it dangerous or impossible to carry out the work, having regard either to the health or safety of employees, or to the n…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation of the legal conformity guarantee

Article L217-8

In the event of lack of conformity, the consumer has the right to have the goods brought into conformity by repair or replacement or, failing that, to have the price reduced or the contract rescinded,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-8

Healthcare establishments transmit to the regional health agencies, to the State or to the public body it designates and to the health insurance bodies the information relating to their operating reso…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article L522-8

Documents collected and drawn up in connection with the investigation and establishment of a breach that has given rise to an administrative penalty procedure may only be communicated to the person wh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal expenses insurance.

Article L127-8

The legal expenses insurance contract stipulates that any sum obtained in reimbursement of the costs and fees incurred in settling the dispute shall be paid first to the insured person for the expense…

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