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Showing 37413750 of 61576 articles for Art. L. 235-3 to L. 235-5

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article L2334-33

The following are eligible for the dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux:1° From 2017, the following are eligible for the dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux:a) Public establishments f…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Tourist facilities.

Article L342-3

…16-65 of 29 January 2016 on concession contracts, the term of these contracts is adjusted according to the nature and scale of the investments made by the developer or operator. When the residual term…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medical surveillance of specific categories of workers.

Article L4625-3

…l health and prevention service. The joint association mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 133-7 of the Social Security Code is responsible, in the name and on behalf of individual employe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Central services and inspection

Article L1421-3

The officials mentioned in article L. 1421-1 may collect, on the spot or when summoned, any information, justification or document necessary for the controls. They may demand to see, obtain or take co…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-33

…of a written request from the owner of a patent or a supplementary protection certificate attached to a patent or from a person entitled to exploit the patented invention or the subject of the supple…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-34

…ments for intercommunal cooperation and the Lyon metropolitan area, when they have adopted the territorial climate-air-energy plan mentioned in Article L. 229-26 of the Environment Code, are the coord…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Declaration of a plot as abandoned

Article L2243-3

…hree months from the completion of the publicity measures and notifications provided for in Article L. 2243-2, the mayor shall draw up a final report stating that the plot of land is in a state of man…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-33

I. - Except in cases of force majeure, in the event of a stock shortage of a medicinal product of major therapeutic interest for which a stock shortage or risk of a stock shortage presents a serious a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-3

…ted in accordance with good manufacturing practice, the principles of which are defined by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.Active substa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Public body responsible for adult vocational training

Article L5315-3

The public body is headed by a Director General appointed by decree, after consultation with the Conseil national de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelles. It is administered…

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