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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets.

Article R761-17

…tions of use of common services, facilities or means made available to users by the market manager; 5° The arrangements for the manager's control of the facilities and operations carried out on the ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-18

When it has not been possible to allocate the share of all the départements in a region in the overall allocation between the départements in that region under the conditions set out in the third para…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions (R).

Article R4432-10

An order of the regional prefect sets, by application of the rules defined in articles R. 4432-1 to R. 4432-3 and articles R. 4432-5 to R. 4432-7, the list of bodies of all kinds represented on the re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial provisions (R).

Article R5211-15

…enue; 3° Transfers received/actual operating revenue; 4° Borrowings made/gross capital expenditure; 5° Outstanding debt. For the application of this article, the definitions given in article R. 2313-2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The application of laws and regulations in Saint-Barthélemy

Article D6213-1

…t of the regional council is replaced by the reference to the president of the territorial council ;5° The reference to the regional director of public finance is replaced by the reference to the regi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article D6313-1

…t of the regional council is replaced by the reference to the president of the territorial council ;5° The reference to the regional director of public finance is replaced by the reference to the regi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Access to documents and information

Article R4314-8

…and other models of equipment with the same technical characteristics as the equipment in question; 5° Information enabling verification that corrective measures have been taken, in particular, where…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunctions to economic operators

Article R4314-11

…nce; 4° Destroying non-compliant copies of the equipment or rendering them unusable by other means; 5° Affixing appropriate warnings to the equipment concerned, written in a clear and easily understan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4453-8

…r of equipment designed for public use, if they are used in accordance with their intended purpose; 5° The frequency, level, duration and type of exposure, including the distribution in the worker's b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article R5132-29

…able, social action proposals made to the person during the action and before leaving the facility; 5° Suggestions for vocational guidance, pre-qualifying or qualifying training, or employment made to…

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