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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employers' group made up of private-sector members and local authorities

Article R1253-43

Where the private-sector members of an employers' grouping that includes local and regional authorities fall within the scope of the same collective agreement, that agreement shall apply to the groupi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-4

The information provided for in articles D. 1612-1 and D. 1612-2, with the exception of those relating to the bases, tax rates and compensation, are communicated to the mayors of the communes and to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 10: Miscellaneous provisions (R).

Article R2213-43

Where, in exceptional circumstances, certain provisions of this sub-section encounter difficulties in application, the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Health shall provide for them by m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Conservation care (R).

Article R2213-4

A sealed bottle, which contains at least fifty millilitres of the liquid used and bears all indications enabling its identification, is fixed to the body of the person who has undergone the conservati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article D743-4

Article D. 213-0-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree No 2017-1165 of 12 July 2017.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Vocational training and apprenticeships

Article R2241-4

The three-yearly negotiations on vocational training and apprenticeship cover in particular : 1° The nature of training initiatives and their order of priority; 2° The recognition of qualifications ac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-40

When the income tax return for a financial year is corrected by the tax authorities or the tax court, the amount of employee profit-sharing for that financial year is recalculated, taking into account…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-43

The opinion of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy on the regional health plan is issued by the Standing Committee or, at the latter's request, by the Plenary Assembly, in the light of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation system

Article R2142-4

When the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 6122-10 relating to renewal of authorisation are applied, the application is submitted as provided for in Article R. 6122-28. In this case, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Submission of returns

Article A123-43

Where several amending registrations are related and concern the same registration, they may be made on the same declaration, provided that they are made within the regulatory time limit of one month.…

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