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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article R2512-26

Ancillary budgets comprise an investment section and an operating section. Ancillary budgets must be drawn up for services whose activity is essentially aimed at producing goods or providing services…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article R4134-26

…or the actual performance of their duties, an allowance not exceeding the allowance that may be allocated to a regional economic and social councillor, as defined in article R. 4134-24, increased by a…

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

Article D6262-26

…finds that there are no or insufficient appropriations to cover it, it gives formal notice to the local authority or its public establishment concerned to make the said appropriations available by mea…

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

Article D6362-26

…finds that there are no or insufficient appropriations to cover it, it gives formal notice to the local authority or its public establishment concerned to make the said appropriations available by mea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Buildings where the lowest floor of the last storey is more than eight metres above ground level

Article R4216-26

The staircases and lifts in the buildings referred to in article R. 4216-24 are: 1° Either enclosed in one-hour fireproof shafts with half-hour fireproof doors and, in the case of staircases, a smoke…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Personal protection

Article R4222-26

…ve equipment is effectively used, maintained in good working order and disinfected before being allocated to a new owner.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Accommodation

Article R4228-26

Workers may not be accommodated in premises used for industrial or commercial purposes.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-26

In the case of machinery, the application for EC type-examination shall be accompanied by a copy of the model or an indication of the place where the model may be examined. In the case of personal pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Lifting loads

Article R4324-26

Lifting accessories are marked in such a way as to enable the characteristics essential for safe use to be identified.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Marking of ionising radiation sources

Article R4451-26

I.-Each source of ionising radiation is specifically and appropriately signposted. II.-Where technical conditions do not allow the source of ionising radiation to be individually signposted, a notice…

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