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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6462-2

The representative of the State may, in the event that this has not been done by the president of the territorial council and after a formal notice has remained without result, exercise the attributio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7252-2

The Assembly of Martinique is consulted on draft laws, ordinances or decrees containing provisions for adapting the legislative regime and administrative organisation of the territorial collectivity o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-2

The revenue and expenditure of the communes may only be made in accordance with the budget for each financial year or the amending decisions.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R3312-2

The cross presentation, by function or by nature, provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 3312-2 is made between the finest level of the functional nomenclature and each of the accounts by n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R4312-2

The cross presentation, by function or by nature, provided for in article L. 4312-2 is made between the finest level of the functional nomenclature and each of the three-digit nature accounts. For the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article D6252-2

The President of the Territorial Council may delegate to one or more permanent civil servants of the local authority the functions he performs as a civil registrar for the receipt of declarations of b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article D6352-2

The President of the Territorial Council may delegate to one or more permanent civil servants of the local authority the functions he performs as a civil registrar for the receipt of declarations of b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for publication and dissemination of job offers

Article R5332-2

Job offers may only be forwarded to the Regional Director of Enterprises, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment at the latter's express request, specifying the number or date of the publicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and content of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-2

I.-The pharmaceutical record contains : a) Data relating to the identity and identification of its holder, in particular his national health identifier, and, where applicable, data relating to the ide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Successive redundancies.

Article L1233-26

Where a company or establishment normally employing at least fifty employees has made redundancies over a period of three consecutive months involving a total of more than ten employees, but no more t…

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