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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article R4341-2

Reversals of overpayments made during the financial year in which the payment was made may be credited back to the article which originally bore the expenditure..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article R4413-13

To carry out its tasks, the agency has at its disposal staff recruited by it or seconded to it. It may also use staff made available to it.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-39

Reversals of overpayments made during the financial year in which the payment was made may be credited back to the article which originally bore the expenditure..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-114-3

Reversals of overpayments made during the financial year in which the payment was made may be credited back to the article which originally bore the expenditure..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Non-specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-7

Rooms reserved for traffic and rooms that are only occupied occasionally may be ventilated via adjacent rooms with non-specific pollution to which they open.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-10

Only premises whose technical nature justifies it may be located more than six metres below the average level of the evacuation thresholds.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inspection of permanent electrical installations

Article R4226-20

The register provided for in article R. 4223-19 and the inspection reports may be kept under the conditions provided for in article L. 8113-6.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Missions.

Article R4524-3

In carrying out their duties, the members of the inter-company occupational health and safety committee may make observations and recommendations and propose preventive action.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Demolition work.

Article R4534-61

No worker may be entrusted with demolition or dismantling work for which he is not competent and which involves an abnormal risk for him or for the other workers on the site.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 11: Shoring, hangers and formwork.

Article R4534-106

The removal of hangers and formwork and the removal of the framework supporting these installations may only be carried out under the supervision of a competent person appointed by the employer.

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