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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: College of employees

Article R1441-5

The seats are allocated in proportion to the votes obtained in application of articles R. 1441-3 and R. 1441-4 according to the rule of the highest average between trade union organisations within eac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-34

Communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation that have a fire brigade serving a first response centre retain responsibility for the expenses relating to the volunteer firefighters…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-37

…rder issued after consulting the departmental director of fire and rescue services and the deliberative body of the commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation. This order specifies…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-33

…y 1996 relating to the development of volunteer work in the fire service, may not carry out this activity on a full-time basis. Each first response centre has its own fire brigade.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-35

…ations drawn up by the prefect. The regulations are drawn up by the territorial authority after receiving the opinion of the departmental director of fire and rescue services and the communal or inter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-36

…munal or inter-communal first response centre may be created by prefectoral decree, if the deliberative body of the commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation so requests, after re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-33-1

A communal or inter-communal advisory committee for volunteer firefighters is set up within the commune or the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation to which the local fire and rescue se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-22

…ices requires an execution time greater than the reference time specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of an additional session fee under the conditions provided for in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-21

The services listed under numbers 93 to 97 of Table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Description of service Fee 93 Certif…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-186

…of 7 October 2009, as well as legalisation as part of a separate application to the land register, gives rise to the collection of a fixed fee of €18.86.

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