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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Minimum growth wage.

Article L3423-1

When the minimum wage applicable in mainland France is raised in application of articles L. 3231-4 and L. 3231-5, the minimum wage in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthél…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-17

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter, with the exception of those laid down in Article L. 6142-16 , are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-11

Within a period set by regulation from receipt of the application or, if the application is incomplete, within the same period from receipt of all the information necessary for the decision, the Autor…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Additional penalties

Article L823-16

Corporate entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 823-11 or in Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-10

I.-Title II of Book I of this Part, with the exception of Article L. 3121-5, shall apply to the Wallis and Futuna Islands subject to the adaptations provided for in this Article.Chapter I of Title II…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1451-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1481-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establis…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-10

Where, for one or more of the modes of exploitation, the line producer directly exploits an audiovisual work, he shall draw up the corresponding exploitation account in accordance with sub-section 1 o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3664-1

Metropole de Lyon is obliged to:1° Expenditure relating to the operation of the deliberative bodies and the upkeep of the Hôtel de la Métropole;2° Expenditure relating to the functional allowances pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

Title III of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to com…

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