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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4413-1

For public facilities of direct regional interest, carried out with the agreement of and on behalf of local authorities, their groupings or other public establishments, the Ile-de-France region may ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: The Corsican Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council

Article L4422-36

The Corsican Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council is consulted in advance by the President of the Corsican Executive Council on: the draft sustainable development plan for Corsica and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-21-1

The public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status which exercise the competence of tourism or the public establishments mentioned in articles L. 5211-21 et L. 5722-6 c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes and penalties.

Article L3326-1

The amount of the company's net profit and shareholders' equity are established by a certificate issued by the tax inspector or the auditor. They may not be challenged in disputes arising from the app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R1112-14

When a doctor or an intern in the establishment notes that the condition of a patient or an injured person requires urgent care involving a discipline or technique not practised in the establishment o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Discipline.

Article R321-45

The Government Commissioner is the addressee of complaints concerning the persons mentioned in I and II of article L. 321-4 as well as articles L. 321-24 and L. 321-28-1 and the persons authorised to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : The Martinique Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council

Article L7226-6

The Executive Council of Martinique shall make available to the Council the resources necessary for its operation. These resources must in particular enable the secretariat of the meetings of the Coun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50 quinquies

Subject to the rules relating to the secondment and secondment of civil servants, the specialised assistant comes under the authority of the heads of the court of appeal referred to in the first parag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-40

I. - A general purpose investment fund may not borrow.It may, however, acquire foreign currency by means of cross-currency loans.II. - By way of derogation from I, a general-purpose investment fund ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions applicable to work equipment used for lifting loads

Article R4323-41

…f lifting equipment must be arranged in such a way that the driver can follow with his eyes the manoeuvres performed by the moving parts of the equipment. When the driver of work equipment used for li…

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