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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R2123-22-1-C

Municipal council members who wish to benefit from training under their individual right to training send a request to the manager of the fund for financing and managing the individual right to traini…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7125-25-3

The councillor to the Assembly of French Guyana who wishes to benefit from training under his individual right to training sends a request to the manager of the fund for the financing and management o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7227-25-3

The councillor to the Martinique Assembly and the executive councillor who wish to benefit from training under their individual right to training shall send a request to the manager of the fund for fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Training agreement

Article R5123-7

The training agreements shall specify in particular: 1° The purpose, nature and duration of the training provided and the expected number of trainees; 2° The conditions for setting up and running the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article R5522-12

For its application in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a paragraph is added to article R. 5134-63 as follows: "When the State c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appearance of the accused

Article 410-1

When the accused summoned under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of Article 410 does not appear and the sentence he or she is facing is equal to or greater than two years' imprisonme…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Transport by sea.

Article 72

1. Within twenty-four hours of the vessel's arrival in port, the master must lodge at the customs office : a) as a summary declaration : - the cargo manifest, with an authentic translation if necessar…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Stores and customs clearance areas.

Article 82 bis

…obligations with regard to the supply, maintenance and repair of the facilities required for the performance of the service.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to sub-contracts

Article L2393-1

…y, under its responsibility, entrust another economic operator, called a subcontractor, with the performance of part of its contract, including a supply contract, without this constituting a transfer…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: House arrest as an alternative to detention

Article L743-13

The judge may only order the foreign national to be placed under house arrest if he or she has effective guarantees of representation.The judge may only order the foreign national to be placed under h…

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