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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-1

…social security bodies, skills operators, Pôle emploi, the commissions mentioned in Article L. 6323-17-6, the bodies authorised to collect the funding contribution mentioned in Article L. 6331-48, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and technical organisation of sectors.

Article R3221-1

The psychiatric sectors provided for in article L. 3221-4 are called :1° Adult psychiatric sectors when they mainly meet the mental health needs of a population aged over eighteen ;2° Child and adoles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-17

…employer or the branch shall send the competent administrative authority mentioned in article R. 5212-15: 1° The annual reports and the summary report of the actions carried out under the agreement,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-3

The representation of the staff mentioned in 1° of Article R. 6156-2 is organised into three statutory colleges:1° The college of staff mentioned in 1° of article 1 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13th Dec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 E

…egories as defined in the ministerial instruction of sixth and eighth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 are exempt from property tax on non-built prop…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-114-12

…rative account, on which the local authority is called to deliberate in accordance with article L. 71-111-9, presents by separate column and in the order of the chapters and articles of the budget:In…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-104-12

…tive account, on which the local authority is called to deliberate in accordance with article L. 72-101-9, presents by separate column and in the order of the chapters and articles of the budget:In re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations

Article R123-133

The information provided for in 1° of article R. 123-124 shall be struck off automatically: 1° When a decision of rehabilitation, removal of incapacity or amnesty occurs, removing the incapacity or pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-1

…provisions of the following articles are applicable to requests for vocational retraining projects: 1° Articles R. 6323-10, R. 6323-10-1, R. 6323-10-2 and R. 6323-10-4 relating to the procedures for r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-1-1

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-1 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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