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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article L2333-26

I. - Subject to Article L. 5211-21, a tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax may be instituted by deliberation taken by the municipal council before 1 July of the year to be applicable from the followin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-2

…ofit-sharing scheme with a calculation basis and procedures different from those defined in Article L. 3324-1. This agreement does not dispense with the application of the rules defined in that articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-1

…management of the institution. It deliberates on :1° The establishment project mentioned in article L. 6143-2 ; 2° The constituent agreement of the university hospital centres and the agreements enter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-30

…t to this section, under the same conditions as those provided for works council members in article L. 2325-5 of the French Labour Code, except with regard to persons whose assistance is necessary to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: STAYS OF LESS THAN THREE MONTHS

Article L232-1

…the Member States, citizens of the European Union and their family members, as defined in Articles L. 200-5 and accompanying or joining a European Union citizen, have the right to reside in France fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-13

…suant to public service delegation agreements, with the exception of those mentioned in the article L. 311-5 of the code des relations entre le public et l'administration, are made available to the pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-10

Together with the invitation to the meeting provided for in article L. 1233-8, the employer shall send the employee representatives all relevant information on the proposed mass redundancies. It shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36

…e user company or establishment is open for business. Without prejudice to the provisions ofarticle L. 1251-5, the agreement or the extended branch agreement of the user company may set the terms and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-68

…institutions may also, subject to the provisions specific to the institutions mentioned in Article L. 512-69 (5) , carry out any banking transactions on behalf of their members and those of the centr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-6

…conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 4161-5 shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Criminal Code…

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