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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-26

…st fifty employees without a trade union delegate where, following the procedure defined in article L. 2232-25-1, no member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee has expressed a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2362-7

…n by any other means, with the exception of the case provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2362-12, the majority required is that provided for in the second paragraph of this article if th…

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

Article L5211-26

…This decree or, as the case may be, this order results in the consecutive implementation of article L. 5211-25-1. When the conditions for liquidation have been met, the dissolution of the public estab…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

…L. 111-2 relating to financial aid from the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-2

…relating to the operations of the supplementary professional retirement fund, mentioned in articles L. 134-2 and L. 441-8, are drawn up separately from the sub-ledger accounts mentioned in the previou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

…he termination of the contract, with the exception of the redundancy payment referred to in article L. 1234-9. This indemnity may be combined, where applicable, with the indemnities provided for in Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Dotation de soutien à l'investissement des départements (Departmental investment support grant)

Article L3334-10

…n €20,000,000. For the application of this 1°:the population of communes is that defined in article L. 2334-2; -the number of children is that established at the time of the last census; the urban uni…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-11

No person may obtain or hold a sports agent's licence if he : 1° Has been the perpetrator of acts that have given rise to a criminal conviction for acts contrary to honour, probity or morality;1° bis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-1

Illegal use of any substance or plant classified as a narcotic is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €3,750.If the offence is committed in the course of or in connection with the perf…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-1-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of the seventh paragraph of Article L. 1142-17, the following are eligible for compensation under national solidarity schemes: 1° Damage resulting from nosocomial i…

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