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

Article D4134-29

…écret n° 2001-623 du 12 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 et relatif à l'aménagement et à la réduction du temps de travail dans la fonction pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R7125-5

…ecree n° 2001-623 du 12 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 et relatif à l'aménagement et à la réduction du temps de travail dans la fonction pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article D7124-30

…cree no. 2001-623 du 12 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 et relatif à l'aménagement et à la réduction du temps de travail dans la fonction pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article D7226-30

…eaching bodies or job categories who benefit from a credit of hours in accordance with article L. 7226-9 is subject to adjustment at the beginning of the school year. The duration of the credited hour…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate or office

Article R7227-5

…decree n° 2001-623 du 2 juillet 2001 pris pour l'application de l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 et relatif à l'aménagement et à la réduction du temps de travail dans la fonction pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-16

I. - The communauté de communes automatically exercises, in place of the member communes, the competences falling within each of the following groups: 1° Spatial planning for the implementation of act…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 777-3

…opean Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 and Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 as amended by Directive (EU) 2019/884 of the European Parliament and of the Council…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Carcinogens, mutagens or agents toxic to reproduction.

Article R4535-9

…on collective protection equipment and installations provided for in articles R. 4412-23 to R. 4412-26 ; 4° Measures in the event of an accident or incident provided for in articles R. 4412-33 to R. 4…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5842-4

…ED FOR IN L. 5211-6 law no. 2015-366 of 31 March 2015 L. 5211-7 with the exception of I bis Law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018L. 5211-7Law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 on differentiation, decentrali…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to issue residence permits

Article R432-2

…articles R. 421-23, R. 421-43, R. 421-47, R. 421-54, R. 421-54, R. 421-60, R. 422-5, R. 422-12, R. 426-14 and R. 426-17.By way of derogation from the first paragraph, this period is sixty days when th…

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