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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and election (R)

Article R5211-32

The members of the restricted formation of the departmental commission for inter-communal cooperation are elected for the duration of their term of office on this commission. When a seat becomes vacan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R5711-3

For the mixed syndicates mentioned in article L. 5711-1 which include at least one municipality of 3,500 inhabitants or more, the summary data to be produced are as follows: 1° Operating expenditure/a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IV: The Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council of French Guiana

Article R7124-3

The provisions of articles R. 7124-6 and R. 7124-8 are applicable to external persons appointed to sit on a section pursuant to Article R. 7124-2. The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter VI: The Martinique Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council

Article R7226-3

The provisions of article R. 7226-6 and article R. 7226-8 are applicable to persons from outside the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council appointed to sit on a section pursu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-35

Decisions to issue or refuse an EC type-examination certificate may, where they are taken by a notified body located on French territory, be the subject of a complaint to the Minister responsible for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-39

The EC type-examination certificate may be withdrawn at any time by the notified body which issued it if experience shows that the applicable technical rules are not being taken into account. The deci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Second-hand equipment

Article R4312-3

Second-hand lifting accessories, lifting cables, chains and straps, regardless of when they were put into service when new, are subject to the technical design and construction rules set out in Annex…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-38

Any modification made by the manufacturer or importer to machinery or personal protective equipment in respect of which an EC type-examination certificate has been issued shall be notified to the body…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-31

Where the notified body decides that the model of machinery or personal protective equipment examined complies with the relevant technical rules, it shall draw up an EC type-examination certificate. T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-36

If the decision of a notified body does not appear to be justified, the Minister responsible for labour, on receipt of a complaint, may amend this decision after obtaining the opinion of the Conseil d…

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