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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-2-1

A health professional may not issue a certificate attesting to a person's virginity.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-22-1

In municipalities with a population of 20,000 or more, the municipal council, at the request of one-sixth of its members, deliberates on the creation of an information and assessment mission, tasked w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-27-1

In municipalities of 1,000 inhabitants or more, when general information on the achievements and management of the municipal council is disseminated by the municipality, a space is reserved for the ex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article L3121-22-1

At the request of one fifth of its members, the departmental council deliberates on the creation of an information and assessment mission, tasked with gathering information on an issue of departmental…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative.

Article L3121-25-1

At its request, the president of the departmental council receives from the representative of the State in the department the information necessary for the exercise of its attributions. At its request…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-12-2

Under conditions set by their internal regulations, the amount of the functional allowances that the deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation of 50,000 inhabitants or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of the groups of elected representatives.

Article L3121-24-1

When the department publishes, in any form whatsoever, a general information bulletin on the achievements and management of the departmental council , space is reserved for the expression of the elect…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-14-2

The provisions of the second paragraph of Article 537 of the General Tax Code do not prevent the application of Article L. 561-5 of this Code. However, the information referred to in the latter articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-25-1

For the application of articles L. 2232-24 and L. 2232-25, the employer informs the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee of its intention to negotiate by any means that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-17

In the event of silence or explicit refusal on the part of the insurer or responsible persons mentioned in article L. 1142-24-16 to make an offer within the period of one month or in the event of a ma…

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