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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-14

The summary data on the financial situation of the local authority, provided for in article L. 6361-11, include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/population;2° Tax revenue/populatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-14

The summary data on the financial situation of the local authority, provided for in article L. 6261-11, include the following ratios:1° Real operating expenditure/population;2° Tax revenue/population;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementation procedures and specifications for the supported employment scheme

Article D5213-89

The following may be beneficiaries of the supported employment scheme, giving rise to support from their employer: 1° Disabled workers recognised under article L. 5213-2 who have a project for integra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Business premises.

Article D4361-19

The premises reserved for the professional activity of a hearing aid acoustician comprise : 1° Either a practice and a soundproof booth, or an audioprosthetic measurement room with a minimum useful vo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-1

In addition to the Chief Executive Officer of the Territory, who is the ex officio Chairman, the Board of Directors of the Health Agency of the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands is made up of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 7: Control of cinema box office receipts

Article D212-67

…graphic establishment at a specific time;2° A cinematographic programme is the cinematographic or audiovisual works or documents shown during the same cinematographic performance, excluding trailers a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D3351-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to concession contracts entered into by the State or its public establishme…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article D712-29

To benefit from the free alert right provided for by Article L. 712-2-1, the local authorities and public establishments mentioned in Article L. 712-2-1 shall send the National Institute of Industrial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Documents provided to the labour inspector

Article D3171-16

The employer shall keep available for the Labour Inspectorate: 1° For a period of one year, including in the case of individualised working hours, or for a period equivalent to the reference period in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application.

Article D5424-7

…5424-6 to L. 5424-19 are applicable: 1° To workers belonging to the professional activities mentioned by decree no. 59-534 of 9 April 1959 relating to the nomenclature of economic activities under the…

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