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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article L2396-3

The provisions of articles L. 2196-4, L. 2196-5 and L. 2196-7 apply.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-1

…f profit-making sporting events may be required to provide a security service under the conditions set out in article L. 211-11 of the French Internal Security Code.In order to contribute to the safet…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-6

…t of the Minister of Justice, the President of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, the Government Commissioner or the Public Prosecutor of the jurisdic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to apprenticeships

Article L6522-3

…uadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, II of article L. 6211-3 is worded as follows: "II - The amount of operating and investm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-1

…Chapter, the Preliminary Chapter of Title I of Book I of this Part, with the exception of Articles L. 1110-1-1, L. 1110-6, L. 1110-7 and L. 1110-11, shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-14

…quarter of the financial year in respect of which they are paid.The dotation de solidarité urbaine et de cohésion sociale and the share of the dotation d'aménagement earmarked for overseas municipali…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: ORGANISATION

Article L3631-6

The Metropolitan Council may delegate some of its powers to the Standing Committee, with the exception of those mentioned in articles L. 3312-1 to L. 3312-3 and L. 1612-12 to L. 1612-15.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-5

The Caisse de Congés payés des professions de la production cinématographique et audiovisuelle et des spectacles, the institutions of the supplementary pension schemes of these professions and the soc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: General health administration.

Article L1524-3

The provisions of articles L. 1421-1, L. 1421-2, L. 1421-3 and L. 1425-1 are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands subject to the following adaptation: for the application of ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L714-3

…ision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property, pursuant to Article L. 411-4, if the trademark does not meet the conditions set out in Articles L. 711-2, L. 711-3, L. 7…

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