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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality

Article L2573-4

The articles L. 2114-1 to L. 2114-3 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia, subject to the insertion, in article L. 2114-1, after the words: "decree of the Conseil d'Etat," of the words: "…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R1313-40

Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up in accordance with the provisions of Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: School transport (R).

Article R1614-40

…n systems, as a replacement for standardised documents; 2° The adaptation of standardised documents to the specific statistical needs of the department or the competent authority for the organisation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 10: Links with companies

Article R1413-42

…visions of article R. 4113-110 are applicable, when they are not members of the health professions, to members of the boards and committees sitting with the Agency and to persons occasionally collabor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 11: Penal provisions

Article R1413-43

Failure to provide the information requested by the Agence nationale de santé publique under the conditions set out in articles R. 1413-34 and R. 1413-35 is punishable by a 5th class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-138-3

…rocedures for its use by employers carrying out work involving the removal or encapsulation of asbestos or materials, equipment, materials or articles containing it; 2° The information relating to com…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the temporary residence permit bearing the word "student" and the temporary or multi-annual residence permit bearing the word "student-mobility programme".

Article R422-4

…osting the foreign student must operate under conditions that comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions in force. Its ability to receive the foreign student under such conditions may be ve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3841-4

…ia and French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Order No. 2018-20 of 17 January 2018, subject to the adaptations provided for in the second paragraph. For the application in New Caledonia and Fr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of foreign employees.

Article L8252-4

The sums due to the foreign national not authorised to work, in the cases provided for in 1° to 3° of article L. 8252-2, are paid to him/her by the employer within thirty days of the offence being det…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Responsibilities

Article R1233-26-2

The Employees' Rights Commission exercises the powers provided for in F of II of Article L. 1233-5.

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