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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-2

…m cell or sealed on a funerary monument within a cemetery or a cinerary site referred to in article L. 2223-40;- or scattered in a space set aside for this purpose in a cemetery or a cinerary site ref…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-3

…the funeral must declare this to the Town Hall of the municipality in which the deceased was born, and the identity of the deceased and the date and place of scattering of the ashes must be recorded…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-4

The act of creating, owning, using or managing, whether in return for payment or free of charge, any collective site, outside a public cemetery or an authorised deposit or burial site, intended for th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-8-1

In the cases provided for by this code, a contract authorising the exploitation of protected works or subject matter concluded by a collective management organisation approved for this purpose by the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection.

Article L4623-5-1

…newal clause, after authorisation from the labour inspector responsible for the occupational health and prevention service, following the opinion of the occupational health inspector, under the condit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1

…ofession as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in Article L. 812-2. A natural person registered on this list may not employ more than two salaried judicial re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L811-7-1

…ofession as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in article L. 811-2. A natural person registered on this list may not employ more than two salaried court-appoi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Powers of the regions

Article L6121-2-1

As part of the regional public vocational training service defined in article L. 6121-2 and subject to the powers of the département, the region may finance vocational integration and training initiat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L7125-10

…or her salaried professional activity is entitled, at his or her request, to professional training and a skills assessment under the conditions set out in Part Six of the Labour Code.When the person…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-6-1

…arer of their choice to carry out these acts in order to promote their autonomy.The disabled person and the persons designated must first receive appropriate education and training from a healthcare p…

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