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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6371-5

…O 6371-4 are compensated by the transfer of taxes, the global operating grant instituted by article L. 6364-3, the global grant for school construction and equipment instituted by article L. 6364-5 an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Special provisions for certain types of research

Article L1127-3

The research referred to in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 relating to devices incorporating products of human or animal origin, or in the manufacture of which products of human or animal origin are involved…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advisory service

Article L313-13

…ut prejudice to the provisions relating to adequate explanations and warnings mentioned in articles L. 313-11 and L. 313-12, the lender or intermediary may provide the borrower with advice on the cred…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Tattooing products

Article L5437-2

…ch operations, without first making a declaration to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-2

I. - Only practitioners who have signed the agreement governing relations between the health insurance organisations and doctors referred to in article L. 162-5 of the Social Security Code, and who ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Implementation.

Article L2331-4

…(EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on concentrations shall not be regarded as dominant undertakings.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-3

…asting a minimum of three weeks and a maximum of six weeks, with the start and end dates and times set by an order of the Minister for the Economy. This order may provide, for these two periods, and f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-9

…ed or empowered by him in accordance with the provisions of this Book, on the one hand, and the Competition Authority, on the other, have the respective powers granted to them by the articles of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Allowance for self-employed workers

Article L5424-27

…ent to the allowance for self-employed workers is subject, are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. However :1° The lump-sum amount of the allowance and the period for which it is granted are se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-25

When the application of a fiscal or budgetary provision results in an increase or decrease in the operating resources of a commune that is a member of a syndicate by a percentage equal to or greater t…

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