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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: State aid.

Article L5134-58

Employers subject to the insurance obligation set out in article L. 5422-13, with the exception of private individuals, benefit from State aid for each young people's work contract. Sea fishing employ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-6

Except with the unanimous consent of the partners, the transfer of all or part of the assets of the company in liquidation to a person who has been a partner in name, general partner, manager, directo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Protests

Article L511-61

In the event of mobilisation of the army, a plague or public calamity, or the interruption of public services managed by or subject to the control of the State or local authorities, decrees in the Cou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Work placement periods.

Article L5135-6

The person undertaking the work experience placement follows the rules applicable to employees of the structure in which the work experience placement takes place with regard to: 1° Daily and weekly w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-6

Falsified raw material for pharmaceutical use means any active substance or any excipient, the pharmaceutical use of which is established, which is misrepresented as to its identity, including its pac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Insurance scheme

Article L351-6

Any action or proceedings brought against an employer for breach of the provisions of this chapter, the corresponding chapters of parts two and three of this code and the decrees issued for their appl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Object of protection

Article L511-6

A design shall be deemed to have been disclosed if it has been made available to the public by publication, use or any other means. There shall be no disclosure where the design could not reasonably h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Local authorities

Article L2221-6

In all parts of their service, municipal régies are subject to audits by inspection bodies authorised for this purpose.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-6

Where an agreement on the right of expression exists, the employer shall call a meeting, at least once every three years, with the representative trade union organisations in order to examine the resu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-6

A doctor who ascertains that the person he is caring for needs protection in the acts of civil life, for one of the reasons set out in article 425 of the Civil Code, may make a declaration to the publ…

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