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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Information for the administrative authority and local authorities

Article L1233-57-13

The employer informs the mayor of the municipality of the proposed closure of the establishment. As soon as it has been notified of the plan, the administrative authority will inform the elected repre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-22-1

Where the holder of a patent for a biotechnological invention cannot exploit the invention without infringing a prior plant variety right, he may apply for a licence to exploit the variety protected b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Determination of monitoring, renewal, revision and termination procedures.

Article L2222-5-1

The convention or agreement defines the conditions for monitoring and includes rendez-vous clauses. The absence or disregard of the conditions or clauses mentioned in the first paragraph shall not ren…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Determining the topics, timetable and method of negotiation

Article L2222-3-1

A collective agreement may define the method by which negotiations can be conducted in conditions of loyalty and mutual trust between the parties. This agreement or arrangement specifies the nature of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4383-2-1

By way of derogation from article L. 4383-2, the number of students or pupils mentioned in this article recruited to meet the needs of the armed forces and their distribution between the institutes or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-1

I. - From 2020, the share of the development grant mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2334-13 and intended for the communes of the overseas departments, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-17-4

The duration of the professional transition project cannot be deducted from the annual paid leave. This project is treated as a period of work : 1° For the determination of the rights of the persons c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-17-3

The duration of the professional transition project corresponds to the duration of the training course.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8-1

The persons mentioned in III of article L. 812-2 are subject to the rules of incompatibility set out in their statutes.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-5-1

When committed as a repeat offender, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article 132-11 of the French Penal Code, or as part of a group, entering or attempting to enter by force or…

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