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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Accounting

Article D3665-2

The appropriations allocated to expenditure for each financial year may not be used to pay expenditure for another financial year. However, expenditure committed but not mandated at the close of the f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-11

…ents that the Agency creates for the exercise of its powers. The Chairman of the Board of Directors may delegate, under his supervision and responsibility, the exercise of part of his functions to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R5211-36

…d by the agenda and an explanatory report for each item on the agenda. In urgent cases, this period may be reduced to three days. Panels of the departmental commissions for inter-municipal cooperation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6271-7

…he services of the representative of the State in the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy.The chairman may invite to attend a meeting, in an advisory capacity, any person whose presence he deems useful.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6371-7

…by the services of the representative of the State in the collectivity of Saint-Martin.The chairman may invite to attend a meeting, in an advisory capacity, any person whose presence he deems useful.T…

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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The EC type-examination certificate may be withdrawn at any time by the notified body which issued it if experience shows that the applicable technical rules are not being taken into account.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
Section 2: Occupational exposure limit values

Article R4431-4

…variation in daily noise exposure from one working day to the next, the weekly noise exposure level may be used instead of the daily exposure level to assess the noise levels to which workers are expo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4021-1

…organised within the framework of national professional councils. Where appropriate, these councils may be grouped into federative structures. The national professional councils may not carry out acti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-11

…vened by right if an absolute majority of the members making up the meeting so request. The meeting may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present or represented. If the quoru…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4113-48

…remuneration paid on shares representing the contributions provided for in 1° of article R. 4113-36 may not exceed the rate on advances of securities from the Banque de France less two points. The rem…

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