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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security

Article D7125-34

When the waiting period provided for by the social security scheme to which the councillor to the Assembly of French Guyana is subject for the payment of daily allowances is longer than the fifteen-da…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-35

The payment of contributions made by the employer in application of article D. 7121-44 exempts him from the payment of the compensatory leave indemnity, provided for in article L. 3141-28, in the even…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-7

The following persons participate in the work of the Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy in an advisory capacity: 1° The Prefect of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon; 2° The President of the Economic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgments

Article D123-3

The authority responsible for the cinema and audiovisual registers shall check that the deed, agreement or judgment submitted in its original version is accompanied by a translation or summary drawn u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement on the outside without supervision by prison staff

Article D136

May be authorised either to work outside, or to attend education, an internship, a temporary job with a view to their social integration, vocational training or be the subject of health care, without…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D3321-3

For the application of Article D. 3133-1 to Saint-Barthélemy, the reference to the standard set by European Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1870 of 16 October 2017 on the publication of the reference of…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A. - Reduction of the penalty in the event of voluntary payment.

Article D48-32

The reduction in the financial penalty provided for by Article D. 48-30 only applies in the event of simultaneous payment, within a period of one month, of the sum of money ordered as a sentence, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security

Article D7227-34

When the waiting period provided for by the social security scheme to which the councillor to the Assembly of Martinique or the executive councillor is subject for the payment of daily allowances is l…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution

Article D7121-39

The caisse de congés payés is approved by the Minister of Labour. The Minister approves its articles of association and regulations as well as any amendments made to them. They may only be amended wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Indoor and outdoor lactaria

Article D2323-3

Lactariums for indoor and outdoor use may have either a single site providing all the activities mentioned in article D. 2323-2, or a main site and one or more branches. The main site is responsible f…

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