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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-14-1

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

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-1

Any holder of shares in a company may give a commitment to all of the company's employees to share with them part of the capital gain on the sale or repurchase of his shares on the day he sells or rep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health threats

Article L3131-11

Unless otherwise stipulated, the procedures for applying this chapter are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, in particular :a) The content and procedures for drawing up and triggering the arra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional provisions

Article L2333-16

A. - For municipalities collecting in 2008 the tax provided for by article L. 2333-6 or that provided for by article L. 2333-21, in their wording prior to 1st January 2009, this tax is replaced, from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1822-1

I. - Articles L. 1115-1 and L. 1115-5 to L. 1115-7 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia and their groupings subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of the se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Caretakers of industrial and commercial establishments.

Article L3132-11

Caretakers and caretakers of industrial and commercial establishments who cannot be given a weekly rest period are entitled to compensatory rest. This derogation does not apply to young workers under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3141-15

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention sets : 1° The period during which leave may be taken ; 2° The order of departures during this period; 3° The dea…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-14

The customer may change supplier within the shortest possible period, which may not exceed twenty-one days from the date of his request. In this case, the contract is automatically terminated on the d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-13

No charges related to payment rejection may be levied by an electricity and natural gas supplier on natural persons not acting for professional purposes who benefit from the energy voucher provided fo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-11

The electricity or natural gas supplier bills, at least once a year, according to the energy consumed. No electricity or natural gas consumption more than fourteen months prior to the last reading or…

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