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Showing 24412450 of 69108 articles for Art. s. L 611-3 and L 611-4 to L 611-15

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6353-4

The Executive Council deliberates on individual decisions in the following areas:1° Authorisation for foreigners to work;2° Authorisation for land use or occupation;3° Appointment to functional posts…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Speech therapists.

Article L4341-4

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, grant individual authorisation to practise the profession of speech and language therap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3824-4

Before the person concerned arrives on the territory of the host collectivity, the senior administrator shall send the transfer order and the medical and administrative documents mentioned in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-4

The provisions of article L. 511-21 relating to endorsement. In the case provided for in the sixth paragraph of this article, if the guarantee does not indicate on whose behalf it has been given, it i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain employees.

Article L5424-4

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall set the coordination rules applicable to the compensation of workers whose previous activities taken into account for entitlement purposes were carried out with em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal proceedings.

Article L5214-4

Associations whose main object is to defend the interests of the beneficiaries of this chapter may bring a civil action based on non-compliance with the provisions of this chapter, where such non-comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-4

If, at the end of a period of one month from the date of the medical examination to resume work, the employee declared unfit has not been reclassified within the company or if he has not been dismisse…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-4

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 613-1, acts prior to the date on which the patent application was made public under Article L. 612-21 or that of the notification to any third party of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-4

For the purposes of Section 4 of Chapter II of this Title, it shall constitute substantial assistance for a person to: 1° Fully disclosing, in a signed written statement or in a recorded interview, al…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article L141-3

Where the provisions of this code stipulate that information or a decision must be communicated to a foreign national in a language that he understands, this information may be provided either by mean…

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