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

Article L7227-10

…f the labour code.When the person concerned applies for the training leave provided for in articles L. 6322-1 to L. 6322-3 of the same code as well as the skills assessment leave provided for in artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-14

…e duration of the approval of the committees for the protection of individuals mentioned in Article L. 1123-1 ; 3° The nature of the information that must be provided by the sponsor to the competent a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Falsified medicinal products

Article L5421-13

…ering for sale, selling, importing and exporting falsified medicinal products as defined in article L. 5111-3 are punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000. The above penalties are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cases of force majeure.

Article L1234-12

…igation to respect the notice period and to pay the redundancy compensation provided for in article L. 1234-9.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cases of force majeure.

Article L1234-13

…s entitled to compensation equal to that which would have resulted from the application of articles L. 1234-5, relating to compensation in lieu of notice, and L. 1234-9, relating to compensation for d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Nomination labour tribunal

Article L1441-11

Persons covered by 1° of article L. 1441-6, with the exception of domestic employees and their employers, are candidates in the section of the industrial tribunal within whose jurisdiction they carry…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: College of candidates

Article L1441-12

…e persons and if they are not themselves candidates, the collaborating spouses mentioned in article L. 121-4 of the Commercial Code for craftsmen, traders and self-employed professionals and in articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Report to Parliament

Article L518-10

The Supervisory Board's report on the moral and material management of the institution during the past year is sent to Parliament before 30 June.This report includes, for the year in question, the min…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-13

…operating grant of the communes and the total formed by the flat-rate grant provided for in Article L. 2334-7 and the fixed allocation for new communes provided for in

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-10

…the lump-sum allocations due to each of these communes are calculated, in accordance with article L. 2334-7, taking into account the new populations.

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