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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article R4312-2

…ature and each of the three-digit nature accounts. For the administrative account, the cross-reference is made between the finest level of the functional nomenclature and the most detailed account ope…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial inspection

Article R4323-22

…oyer shall carry out or have carried out an initial inspection, when the equipment is put into service in the establishment, in order to ensure that it is installed in accordance with the specificatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Packaging units for rolling tobacco

Article R3512-25

I.-When the unit packet of rolling tobacco is fitted with a reclosable tab, the tab must be: 1° Unmarked; 2° Either light-coloured or transparent and uncoloured. II - A cylindrical or parallelepiped-s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-28

I. - After indicating on the ballot paper the tandems he chooses, the voter sends his sealed vote in the special envelope provided. The envelope shall be marked "Election of the Pharmacists' Disciplin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Organisation and powers.

Article L411-2

…lation and Regulation shall be consulted by the Minister for the Economy on any draft law or ordinance and on any proposed regulation or directive of the European Community before it is examined by th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article R2113-25

…plicable, those of the public inter-communal cooperation establishment(s) that the new commune replaces; 2° The financial potential is made up of the sum of the tax potential, the lump-sum allocation,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26

…purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: 1° Electronic communications services means services consisting wholly or mainly in the provision of electronic communications within…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article R2112-2

The terms of the contract may be determined by reference to general documents such as:1° Cahiers des clauses administratives générales, which set out the administrative provisions applicable to a cate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after the registration of the European Cooperative Society

Article L2364-2

…articles L. 2362-1 and L. 2362-2. The committee of the European Cooperative Society remains in office as long as it has not been renewed or replaced.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-25

…or using the structure to be drawn up;4° To propose, where appropriate, methods of repair or reinforcement, together with timescales for completion and implementation.The project manager may recommend…

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