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

Article L2334-12

…communes, the lump-sum allocation of the former commune calculated in application of III of article L. 2334-7 is distributed between each new commune in proportion to the population.

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

Article L2334-14

The dotation nationale de péréquation and the dotation de solidarité rurale are paid annually before the end of the third quarter of the financial year in respect of which they are paid.The dotation d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: The office.

Article L5211-10

…n or, in the case of a metropolis, twenty. In this case, the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 5211-12 apply. The term of office of the members of the bureau ends at the same time as that of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-11

…de the responsibility of the departments, are compensated under the conditions provided by articles L. 1614-1 to L. 1614-3.However, the appropriations from the general decentralisation grant correspon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L1146-1

…with the provisions relating to professional equality between men and women, as set out in articles L. 1142-1 and L. 1142-2, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 Euros. The cou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-14

…ally employs less than eleven employees:1° The nullity of the dismissal, as provided for in Article L. 1235-11 ; 2° (deleted) ;3° Failure to respect the priority of re-employment, as provided for in A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-14

…d which have received more than 3% of the votes cast in the elections provided for in 3° of article L. 2122-9 collect the sums due to the territorial organisations and trade union organisations that a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint local committees.

Article L2234-1

…departmental or regional level, by agreement concluded under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2231-1. Agreements concluded in application of the first paragraph may provide that the compositi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Annual negotiations

Article L2241-10

…ssional minimum wage for employees without qualifications within the meaning of 4° of II of article L. 2261-22 is lower than the interprofessional minimum growth wage, the organisations bound by a bra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-1

…s from the third, fourth or fifth group without having made the declaration provided for in article L. 3322-1, is punishable by a fine of 6,000 euros. The same penalty is applicable to importers and m…

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