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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-22

…ision of the municipal council, the departmental council, the regional council or the board of directors of the public institution, taken in accordance with the second paragraph of Article L. 1612-5,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-24

…f Article L. 1612-9 is not adopted in real balance, the State representative shall refer the matter to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with Article R. 1612-19. The procedure provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-21

…als of the regional audit chamber, formulated in accordance with article L. 1612-5, and aimed at restoring a balanced budget, relate to measures the implementation of which is the sole responsibility…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-23

…of the new deliberation, the regional audit chamber, if it considers the remedial measures adopted to be sufficient, notifies the representative of the State, the local authority or the public establ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-25

If the initial budget, sent to the regional audit chamber, in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 1612-9 has not been adopted in real balance, the representative of the State shall refe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-20

The State representative informs the local authority or public body concerned of the referral to the regional audit chamber.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article D589-2

…e meaning of the third paragraph of I of Article 801-1 . Where there is no requirement for the signatory to be personally identified in the document, the electronic seal is treated as a digital signat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Right to an interpreter during hearings

Article D594-2

If the suspected or accused person who is the subject of a hearing contests the absence of an interpreter or the quality of the interpretation, he or she may make observations which are either mention…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions applicable to non-fixed fines

Article A37-29

Contraventions not subject to the fixed fine procedure that have resulted in the offender being questioned or that have been recorded in his presence may be recorded using the forms described in artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Work involving exposure to mechanical vibration

Article D4153-20

It is forbidden to assign young people to work which exposes them to a level of vibration higher than the daily exposure values defined in article R. 4443-2.

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