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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-14

…de-France region and the financial potential per inhabitant of the municipality defined in article L. 2334-4 ;2° Ratio between the average per capita income of the municipalities in the Ile-de-France…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

…except in the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, with the consent of the deliberative body of the establishment. In the absence of an a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment and conditions of practice.

Article L4623-1

…on with the occupational physician, to the medical monitoring of the worker provided for in article L. 4624-1, with the exception of the reinforced medical monitoring provided for in article L. 4624-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions.

Article L5311-2

…expert appraisal or technical inspection relating to the products and articles mentioned in Article L. 5311-1, the substances of which they are composed and the methods and means of manufacture, packa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5215-35

…onditions as the allowance paid to the municipalities, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 2335-3.The loss of revenue that the urban community suffers as a result of the extension from fif…

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

Article L2334-4

…379 of the General Tax Code as well as the tax on commercial surfaces provided for in 6° of article L. 2331-3 of this code, whose revenues have been established on the territory of the municipality, s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-4

The remuneration provided for in Article L. 311-3 is paid by the manufacturer, importer or person making intra-Community acquisitions, within the meaning of 3° of I of Article 256 bis of the General T…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L242-1

…out an activity the size of which exceeds the thresholds mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 111-6, when these entities have construction work carried out on their behalf for a purpose other…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L356-1

…means an undertaking which exclusively controls an undertaking within the meaning of II of Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code. This second undertaking is referred to as a "subsidiary undertakin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Restructuring of professional branches

Article L2261-32

…those guaranteeing a national minimum professional wage, within the meaning of 4° of II of article L. 2261-22, at least equal to the interprofessional minimum growth wage, and the number of negotiati…

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