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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REGIONAL BODIES

Article L4131-3

No one may be a member of the Regional Council and the Regional Economic, Social and Environmental Council at the same time..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4221-3

The Regional Council deliberates with a view to issuing opinions on the development and planning problems of the region on which it is obligatorily consulted. In accordance with the loi n° 82-653 du 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE TITLE

Article L5111-3

When a public establishment for cooperation between territorial authorities without its own tax status is transformed into another category of public establishment for cooperation between territorial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-3

The departmental council and the regional council concerned may, at the request of either of them, be involved by a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation in the preparation of any develo…

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

Article L5211-31

Allocations received by public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status as development grants are subject to monthly payments.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose.

Article L5111-3

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this Title.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Introduction of a foreign worker.

Article L5221-3

Foreign nationals wishing to enter France in order to work in an employed capacity and who wish to settle there on a long-term basis must prove that they have sufficient knowledge of the French langua…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Training commitments.

Article L6223-3

The employer provides practical training for the apprentice in the company. In particular, the employer assigns the apprentice to tasks or positions enabling him to carry out operations or work in lin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of apprentice training centres

Article L6231-3

All apprentice training centres provide for the creation of a development committee, whose role is to oversee the organisation and operation of the centre.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Trainee working conditions.

Article L6343-3

Trainees who do not have an employment contract may not work overtime.

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