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Showing 66516660 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Powers

Article L5842-28

I. - Articles L. 5216-5 with the exception of II bis, V and VII, and articles L. 5216-6 to L. 5216-7-1 shall apply in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the appl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-1

I.-For the application of III and IV of Article L. 2336-2 and I of article L. 2336-5, the logarithmic coefficient varies according to the population determined in application of

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-20

I. - A partner who is a full pharmacist practising within a "société d'exercice libéral" may cease this professional activity, provided that he informs the company and the relevant "conseil de l'ordre…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-34

…ial Cohesion refuses an application for renewal of the authorisation provided for in article R. 212-10-14, the training organisation may submit a new application for authorisation in accordance with t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expert assistance

Article L1233-34

In companies with at least fifty employees, where the redundancy project concerns at least ten employees within the same thirty-day period, the Social and Economic Committee may, where appropriate on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions common to property tax and council tax

Article 1417

…their amount less, as applicable, the allowance provided for in 1 of article 50-0 or 1 of l'article 102 ter, of those referred to in articles 81 quater, 81 A, 81 D and 155 B, those received by officia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

…020. Article L. 1111-7 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.Article L. 1111-8 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the v…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-35

…n or consultation. Audiovisual communication services within the meaning of article 2 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication are excluded. The dissemination of al…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-18

…contract with an on-demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the transmission of information on the number of acts of down…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-5

A territorial authority or grouping of territorial authorities may not enter into an agreement with a foreign State, except in the cases provided for by law or where the agreement is intended to enabl…

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