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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1233-22

The chairman, after consulting the staff representatives, shall draw up a single set of rules of procedure for the administrative social committee and its specialised committees. These rules are drawn…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1233-24

To carry out their mandate, each employee representative elected by the college mentioned in 2° of B of II of article L. 1233-5 benefits from twenty hours of delegation per month. The duration of comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Propaganda documents

Article R7343-36

Decisions concerning the conformity of election propaganda documents may be contested by application to the judicial court, on pain of inadmissibility, within ten days of the notification referred to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Notified bodies

Article R4313-84

For work equipment or means of protection intended specifically for agricultural or forestry use, the powers of the Minister for Labour are exercised by the Minister for Agriculture.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Notified bodies

Article R4313-86

In order to enable the Minister responsible for labour to assess the guarantees presented by the approved bodies, the latter undertake to allow the persons designated by the Minister access to their p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Notified bodies

Article R4313-87

If the Minister for Employment remains silent on an application for authorisation for more than four months, this will be deemed to constitute a rejection decision.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Notified bodies

Article R4313-85

Accreditation is granted to a body on the basis of its independence, competence and integrity, as well as the availability of the resources needed to fulfil its mission and meet its responsibilities.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Notified bodies

Article R4313-88

In the event of failure to comply with the obligations set out in this section, authorisation is withdrawn by order of the Minister responsible for labour after obtaining the opinion of the Conseil d'…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Notified bodies

Article R4313-83

Notified bodies are the bodies responsible for implementing the conformity assessment procedures or carrying out the conformity assessment operations defined by this chapter. They are authorised by or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R343-2-1

The provisions of this chapter are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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