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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)

Article R1425-10

…er-municipal cooperation, he is replaced by the first non-elected candidate on the same list. Failing this, a by-election is held in a single-round uninominal ballot.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-12

In the absence of an agreement or convention mentioned in article L. 3142-26, in the event of successive renewals of the leave of absence for a close carer or part-time work, the employee shall notify…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4211-2

…workplaces" means places intended to accommodate workstations, whether or not located in the buildings of the establishment, and any other place within the area of the establishment to which the worke…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-24

The authorisation to import or export gametes or germ tissue is issued in response to a request from a couple or an unmarried woman for the purposes of medically assisted procreation or at the request…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation

Article R752-48

…n two months. After this deadline, and in the absence of sufficient justification, the prefect will give formal notice to the owner of the site to dismantle and restore the site within a specified tim…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-154

A provisionally suspended partner practising within the company retains, for the duration of his suspension, his status as a partner with all the rights and obligations that this entails. However, his…

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

Article R5211-27

When a member's seat becomes vacant as a result of his death, resignation or loss of the capacity in respect of which he was elected, it shall be allocated for the remainder of the term of office to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article D7125-32

The President of the Assembly of French Guiana shall provide the elected official receiving the financial aid, before 1 February of the year following that in which it was awarded, with a certificate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R4221-1

…workplaces" means places intended to accommodate workstations, whether or not located in the buildings of the establishment, and any other place within the area of the establishment to which the worke…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions applicable to work equipment used for lifting loads

Article R4323-44

…nt of a partial or complete failure of the power supply, and if the work equipment used to lift non-guided loads cannot hold these loads, measures are taken to avoid exposing workers to the risks that…

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