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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2315-43

Apart from the cases provided for in Articles L. 2315-36 and L. 2315-37, the company agreement defined in Article L. 2313-2 or, in the absence of a trade union delegate, an agreement between the emplo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4363-4

…orrective ocular contact lenses in disregard of the conditions for delivery to a first-time wearer set out in article L. 4362-9-1 ; 2° Corrective lenses and corrective ocular contact lenses in breach…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Local investment support grant

Article L2334-42

A budget allocation to support local investment is instituted in favour of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status in metropolitan France and in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L312-4

…of credit is less than €200 or more than €75,000, with the exception of those mentioned in Article L. 314-10 whose purpose is to consolidate loans and those intended to finance expenditure relating t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2221-38

The rates of the fees payable by users of the public service authority are set by the Board of Directors. The rates are set in such a way as to ensure the financial equilibrium of the public service a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2221-39

…icable to commercial enterprises in the same sector of activity. Depreciation relates to movable assets other than collections and works of art, buildings with the exception of non-income-producing la…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2221-37

Materials accounting, the purpose of which is to describe existing stock and movements concerning inventories and movable property, is kept under the responsibility of the director of the régie.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2221-35

The rules of municipal accounting are applicable to public corporations with legal personality and financial autonomy, entrusted with the operation of a public service of an industrial and commercial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2221-36

…drawn up by the minister responsible for local authorities and the minister responsible for the budget, after receiving the opinion of the Autorité des normes comptables. Specific charts of accounts f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article L1338-4

I.-Infringements of the regulations adopted in application of articles L. 1338-1 and L. 1338-2 are investigated and recorded by officers and agents of the judicial police in accordance with the Code o…

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