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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-1

The provisions of Book VI of Part One and those of Book III of this Part, with the exception of articles L. 2333-64 to L. 2333-75, are applicable to the municipalities of the Ile-de-France region subj…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-10

The articles L. 2123-34 and L. 2123-35 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Act no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 on involvement in local life and the pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4511-1

The rules for preventing risks to the health and safety of workers arising from work carried out in an establishment by an external company are determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, pursuant to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Compulsory transmission of individual data to the health authority.

Article L3113-1

I.-Doctors and managers of public and private medical biology departments and laboratories report:1° Cases of diseases requiring urgent local, national or international intervention to the regional he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: General health administration.

Article L1514-1

For the application of this code in Mayotte :1° The powers of the representative of the State in the region are exercised by the representative of the State in Mayotte;2° The powers of the region are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to currency

Article L162-1

The counterfeiting and falsification of coins and banknotes, as well as the transport, putting into circulation and possession with a view to putting into circulation of counterfeit or falsified coins…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities.

Article L5211-1

The reclassification of disabled workers includes : 1° Functional rehabilitation, possibly supplemented by exercise retraining; 2° Orientation ; 3° Re-education or vocational training, which may inclu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-15

The provisions of articles L. 2123-12 to L. 2123-14 do not apply to study trips by municipal councils. The resolutions relating to these trips specify their purpose, which must be directly related to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-15

It is an offence for any person to carry out a professional activity or functions in breach of the prohibitions, disqualifications or incapacities provided for by articles L. 653-2 and L. 653-8, is pu…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-19

In order to preserve the diversity of the cinematographic offer, any practice is prohibited and any contractual clause is deemed to be unwritten which is likely to make either the choice of distributi…

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