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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Introduction of part-time working arrangements

Article L3123-26

…nt, part-time working hours may be worked on the employer's initiative, after consulting the social and economic committee. In companies without staff representative bodies, part-time working hours ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-21

…rohibits any legal action on the part of all creditors whose claim is not mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17 and seeking: 1° To order the debtor to pay a sum of money; 2° To rescind a contract for fa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…the transfer duties on immovable property collected by the départements pursuant to Articles 1594 A and 1595 of the General Tax Code. The fund is supplied by two deductions made from the twelfths prov…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of communes.

Article L5214-26

By way of derogation from article L. 5211-19, a commune may be authorised, by the representative of the State in the department after receiving the opinion of the departmental commission for inter-com…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-2

…1990 relating to industrial property are automatically entered on the list provided for in Article L. 422-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Local services

Article L2144-2

…these annexes, local municipal services are made available to residents. The provisions of article L. 2144-1 are applicable to these annexes.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic aid

Article L2251-2

…conomic development, it may grant aid under the conditions set out in Title I of Book V of Part One and in article L. 2253-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Role of local and regional authorities.

Article L5322-2

Communes may receive offers of employment and carry out placement operations on behalf of their constituents seeking employment, after having concluded an agreement to this effect with the State and t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-22

To be approved, the agreements mentioned in article L. 5422-20 must have been negotiated and concluded at national and cross-industry level between representative employers' and employees' organisatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Measures to combat specific risks

Article L3135-2

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 1142-1, healthcare professionals may not be held liable for damage resulting from the prescription or administration of a medicinal product or the use of a…

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