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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2342-5

Expenditure may only be paid from the appropriations allocated to each of them; these appropriations may not be used by the mayor for other expenditure.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Regional programmes for access to prevention and care

Article D1411-59

The regional programme for access to prevention and care for the most disadvantaged people is drawn up by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, after consultation with the regional commi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for collecting identity and non-identifying data

Article R2143-5

…sation or establishment mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2142-1 collects the identity and non-identifying data, mentioned in I of Article L. 2143-3, from third-party donors who have cons…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R950-5

References made, by provisions of the present code applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, to provisions of the Labour Code are only applicable there if there is a locally applicable provision ha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R4312-5

…tion recorded at the end of the financial year is made up of the outturn balance corrected for outstanding commitments.The outturn balance of the investment section corresponds to the difference betwe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4432-5

The council for culture, education and the environment of the Guadeloupe region comprises twenty-five members including:1° Eight representatives of bodies involved in the cultural life of the region;2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Technical requirements during building and civil engineering works.

Article R4535-5

…ng work involving the risk of drowning as referred to in Article R. 4534-136, self-employed workers and employers working directly on a building or civil engineering site must wear lifejackets.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of the occupational health and prevention service

Article R4625-5

The sector reserved for temporary workers is not required to set up at least one fixed medical centre. Where no fixed medical centre is created, this sector is attached to the centre of another sector…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-50

…5142-1 engaged in wholesale, free transfer or wholesale distribution shall keep, for each incoming and outgoing transaction, at least the following information: 1° The date of the transaction ; 2° Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-53

…cle L. 5142-3 applicable to these activities, sets out the respective obligations of the depository and the operator on whose behalf it is acting. They may only distribute batches of veterinary medici…

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