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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-48

The employer may, at the request of certain employees, set up a system of individualised working hours allowing hours to be carried over from one week to another, within the limits and according to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Regional health project

Article L1434-4

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall determine by decree, after consultation with the representatives of the health professionals concerned :1° Areas where the supply of healthcare…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article R3543-4

The Department of Mayotte receives the allocation provided for in Article R. 3334-5. It also receives an allocation taken from the appropriations allocated to the increase mentioned in article R. 3334…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-4

…n of initial authorisations and for transfer of authorisations to open, as provided for in articles R. 5142-5 to R. 5142-7, R. 5142-9, R. 5142-10, R. 5142-13 and R. 5142-14, as well as the content of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-4

The enforcement officers referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 shall, upon written request, forward to the officers of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the regional directorates for cu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-4

…an ten days after the expiry of the periods laid down in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 221-24, of 5% if the delay is between ten and twenty days, of 10% if the delay is between twenty…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L2361-4

The provisions of Articles L. 2351-4 to L. 2351-6 relating to the definition of information, consultation and participation of employees in the European Company and the Committee of the European Compa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection and promotion of maternal and child health.

Article L2421-4

I.-For the application of article L. 2141-10 in Wallis and Futuna, in the first paragraph, the words: "The team calls upon, as necessary, a professional registered on the list mentioned in the second…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-4

…ent of the Autorité des marchés financiers; 4° The president of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution; 5° The president of the Haut conseil du commissariat aux comptes; 6° The president…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Housing concessions granted to civil servants

Article R114-47

In accordance with the criteria set out inarticle R. 2124-68 of the French General Code for the Ownership of Public Property, staff may be accommodated under a precarious occupation agreement with sta…

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