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

Article D71-112-1

…'outre-mer ; 3° Le titre III du livre III de la quatrième partie relatif aux recettes des régions ; 4° Le chapitre IV du titre III du livre IV de la quatrième partie relatif aux recettes des régions d…

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

Article D72-102-1

…'outre-mer ; 3° Le titre III du livre III de la quatrième partie relatif aux recettes des régions ; 4° Le chapitre IV du titre III du livre IV de la quatrième partie relatif aux recettes des régions d…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: People with disabilities

Article A212-45

The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion examines the compatibility of the disability justifying the adjustments mentioned in article A. 212-44 with the professional exercise of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: People with disabilities

Article A212-44

For people with disabilities, the Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion may decide to adapt the entry tests, the training programme and the assessment and certification tests. This de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 235 ter ZG

…xempt from the preventive archaeology tax: 1° The constructions and developments mentioned in 1° to 4° and 8° to 10° of the I of article 1635 quater D; 2° Developments relating to the laying and opera…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…ence; 3° Surrender their vehicle, for a maximum period of six months, for immobilisation purposes ; 4° Surrender his driving licence to the clerk of the judicial court, for a maximum period of six mon…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-1

Where the spouses agree on the breakdown of the marriage and its effects, they shall record, each assisted by a lawyer, their agreement in an agreement in the form of a private deed countersigned by t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

…me or offence. Once the perpetrator has been finally convicted, the persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of Article 230-13 may request the deletion of data recorded in the processing, unless the public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-12

…exhaustively, those relating to :1° Working hours ;2° Night work3° Weekly rest and public holidays;4° Health and safety at work;5° Work by women, children and young workers;6° The role of apprentices…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-1

Mutual insurance companies are legal entities governed by private law with non-commercial objects. They are formed to insure the risks brought in by their members or to offer the provision of the oper…

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