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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-7

…the conciliation and referral office between all employee and employer conciliation officers. They may provide for certain labour arbitration advisors to be assigned to this office on a priority basi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Postal voting

Article R2122-76

The processing centre may not accept as postal votes any envelopes other than the official envelopes marked "Postal vote" delivered by the service provider responsible for postal delivery, acting on b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Resolution measures

Article R613-72

The measures referred to in 2° of Article R. 613-71 above may include :1° Reorganisation of the activities of the person in question ;2° Modifications to the operational systems and internal infrastru…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Scope

Article R3213-7

…isitions made in administrative form by the départements and their public establishments, a deposit may be paid to the seller, as soon as the periods open for taking registrations with retroactive eff…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R4221-7

…in accordance with the rules of civil law on behalf of the regions and their public establishments may be paid to the vendor, after publication of the deed in the real estate register, without comple…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: First and second category operations.

Article R4532-73

The specific safety plan kept on site may be consulted by : 1° The members of the inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions; 2° The members of the social and economic committee;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Practitioners of French nationality residing abroad.

Article R4112-7

…ons and midwives meeting the conditions laid down in 1° and 2° of article L. 4111-1 residing abroad may request to be entered on a special list drawn up and kept up to date by the national council of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-4-1

…this commission, in particular its quorum rules as well as the cases and procedures under which it may deliberate by dematerialised means.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-7

…sembly of French Guyana about the management of multi-year commitments during the financial year.It may also specify the terms and conditions for carrying forward payment appropriations relating to a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-7

…Assembly of Martinique about the management of multiannual commitments during the financial year.It may also specify the terms and conditions for carrying forward payment appropriations relating to a…

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