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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compensation for contaminated victims.

Article L3122-3

…nsation has been rejected, if no offer has been made to them within the period mentioned in article L. 3122-5 or if they have not accepted the offer made to them. This action is brought before the Par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4251-3

I.- Subject to the provisions of article L. 4061-1, persons who have obtained the evidence of formal qualifications or authorisation required to practise the profession of medical physicist, prior to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2371-3

The terms and conditions of employee participation, within the meaning of Article L. 2351-6, shall be determined by agreement between the management of the companies involved in the cross-border opera…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7253-3

…ce, the authorities of the Republic may empower the President of the Executive Council to negotiate and sign agreements with one or more States or territories of the Caribbean or located in the vicini…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L431-3

…erved on or given to the person being evicted to the representative of the State in the département and to the commission for the coordination of actions to prevent rental evictions provided for in ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-27

…period, as well as equivalent compensatory rest in time.The order issued in application of article L. 3132-26 determines the conditions under which this rest is granted, either collectively or by rot…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-26

…d for each retail establishment by decision of the mayor taken after consulting the municipal council. The number of such Sundays may not exceed twelve per calendar year. The list of Sundays is drawn…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-3

The representative of the State may request that an appeal against the decision referred to in article LO 1113-2 be suspended; the decision shall then cease to have effect until the administrative cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions relating to local authority accountants

Article L1617-3

…tions other than those on which it should be charged, total failure to justify the service rendered and failure to discharge the payment, as well as in the case of lack of enforceability of the acts t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7153-3

…authorities of the Republic may empower the president of the assembly of French Guyana to negotiate and sign agreements with one or more States or territories neighbouring French Guyana, with one or m…

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