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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-8

Unless otherwise provided, the detailed rules for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article L7124-8

The members of the council receive, for the actual performance of their duties, an allowance set by the Assembly of French Guiana within the limit of a monthly ceiling determined by reference to the m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article L7226-8

The members of the council receive, for the actual performance of their duties, an allowance set by the Martinique Assembly within the limit of a monthly ceiling determined by reference to the maximum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7222-8

The first meeting of the Martinique Assembly is held ipso jure on the first Friday following its election. At the first meeting of the assembly, immediately after the election of its president, vice-p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-11-3

When a person charged with the offence of failing to represent a child under the article 227-5 of the Criminal Code maintains that the acts of which he or she is accused were justified by violence or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-8

Failure to draw up internal rules applicable to trainees and apprentices, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6352-3, is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II

Article L323-8

The reorganisation measures referred to in this section are measures taken, in France or in any Member State, by an administrative or judicial authority, intended to preserve or restore the financial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-8

The cessation of the duties of a commercial court judge results from: 1° The expiry of the electoral mandate, subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 722-6 and the third paragr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Basis for the local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-8

The communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status and the Lyon metropolitan area may, by deliberation taken before 1 July of the year preceding that of taxat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7122-8

The first meeting of the assembly of French Guyana shall be held ipso jure on the first Friday following its election. At the first meeting of the assembly, immediately after the election of the presi…

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