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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conformity

Article R752-44

1° For shops and commercial complexes: a) The sales area referred to, as appropriate, in a, b, d or e of 1° of I of Article R. 752-6, before and after completion of the project, with, where applicable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Kindergartens

Article R2324-47-4

In kindergartens, in application of article R. 2324-43, the number of staff placed with the children is calculated in such a way as to ensure compliance with the following requirements: 1° For childre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-13-1

The commune ensures the dissemination of information to its elected members by the material means it deems most appropriate. In order to enable the exchange of information on matters falling within it…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L3121-14-1

The standing committee may not deliberate unless an absolute majority of its members in office are present or represented. The second and last paragraphs of Article L. 3121-14 shall apply to the stand…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L4132-13-1

The standing committee may not deliberate unless an absolute majority of its members in office are present or represented. The second and last paragraphs of article L. 4132-13 shall apply to the stand…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-16-1

Without prejudice to article L. 5211-56, the communauté de communes may, by agreement with the territorial communities or public establishments concerned, entrust the creation or management of certain…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Family crèches

Article R2324-48-4

The childcare assistants in a family day nursery meet regularly in the presence of the children they care for for socialisation and early-learning activities, on the premises of the family day nursery…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Involvement of third parties

Article 373-4

Where the child has been entrusted to a third party, parental authority continues to be exercised by the father and mother; however, the person to whom the child has been entrusted performs all the us…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: People with disabilities

Article A212-45

The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion examines the compatibility of the disability justifying the adjustments mentioned in article A. 212-44 with the professional exercise of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: People with disabilities

Article A212-44

For people with disabilities, the Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion may decide to adapt the entry tests, the training programme and the assessment and certification tests. This de…

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