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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-17

I. - For the application of Article D. 5217-16 :a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the member municipalities of the me…

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

Article D5213-90

I.-The managing legal entity responsible for implementing the supported employment scheme complies with a set of specifications defined, for each managing entity, by the regional health agency, in con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Public holidays

Article D3133-1

The compensation for loss of pay for May 1st provided for in article L. 3133-5 is calculated on the basis of the working hours and the distribution of weekly working hours usually applied in the estab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article D6251-1

In all regulatory texts in force, referred to in Article LO 6251-5, references to municipal councils, departmental general councils and regional councils are replaced by references to the territorial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article D6351-1

In all regulatory texts in force, referred to in Article LO 6351-5, references to municipal councils, departmental general councils and regional councils are replaced by references to the territorial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D5151-11

The rights acquired in respect of civic commitment are mobilised after use of the rights registered on the personal training account, subject to the provisions of 5° of II of article L. 6323-6.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-21

The "brevet professionnel" (vocational certificate) is awarded for the "activity leader" speciality or the "sports educator" speciality and a subject, multi-discipline or field-related speciality. In…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D311-10

The classification decision referred to in Article D. 311-8 may be revoked or amended for the remaining period of the initial classification decision when, following an adversarial procedure initiated…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: National Food Council

Article D824-6

The chairman of the Council is appointed for a renewable three-year term by joint order of the ministers responsible for agriculture, health, the environment and consumer affairs. He is chosen from am…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Award conditions

Article D553-1

Asylum seekers who have accepted the material reception conditions proposed by the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration (French Office for Immigration and Integration) in application o…

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