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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-3

Where two patent applications are filed successively by the same inventor or his successor in title within a period of not more than twelve months, the applicant may request that the second applicatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours.

Article L3162-3

No period of uninterrupted actual work may exceed a maximum of four and a half hours for young workers. When the daily working time exceeds four and a half hours, young workers are entitled to a break…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: The enforcement judge

Article L121-3

The enforcement judge has the power to order the debtor to pay damages in the event of abusive resistance.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-3

The State diploma of chiropodist is awarded after preparatory studies and tests, the duration and programme of which are set by decree.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Determination of performance times.

Article L7422-3

The administrative authority may set, either spontaneously or at the request of a professional organisation or any interested party, for part or all of the territory, the times for carrying out certai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4323-3

Physiotherapists and chiropodists preparing to practise their profession are bound by professional secrecy, under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out in articles 226-13 and 226-14 o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-3

The mayor's own duties are to ensure that the inhabitants enjoy the benefits of good policing, in particular cleanliness, salubrity, safety and tranquillity in the streets, places and public buildings…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-3

Medical devices and their accessories that are reimbursed or financed, even partially, by compulsory health insurance schemes may not be advertised to the public, with the exception of medical devices…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6461-3

The deliberations by which the Territorial Council adopts the rules which, in the matters listed in II of Article LO 6414-1, fall within the domain of the law, are adopted by public ballot by an absol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6463-3

Subject to the provisions of Chapter II of this Title, the Executive Council may, within the framework of the prerogatives conferred upon it by this Chapter, entrust each of its members with the manag…

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