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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The President of the Assembly of French Guyana and the Standing Committee

Article L7123-4

The Assembly of French Guiana elects the members of the standing committee.The standing committee is made up of the president of the Assembly of French Guiana, between four and fifteen vice-presidents…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The President and Vice-Presidents of the Assembly of Martinique

Article L7223-4

The duties of President of the Assembly of Martinique are incompatible with the exercise of the following duties: mayor, president of a public establishment of inter-communal cooperation with its own…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article L7227-4

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat shall, where necessary, lay down the detailed rules for the application of this sub-section.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L7152-4

The Assembly of French Guyana is consulted on plans to award or renew port and airport concessions concerning the territorial collectivity of French Guyana.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : The Assembly of Martinique

Article L7222-4

When the functioning of the Assembly of Martinique proves impossible, the Government may pronounce its dissolution by reasoned decree taken in the Council of Ministers; it shall inform Parliament of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : The Martinique Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council

Article L7226-4

The Conseil économique, social, environnemental, de la culture et de l'éducation de Martinique shall draw up its own rules of procedure.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD SUBPARAGRAMS OF ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article LO7311-4

The deliberation provided for in Article LO 7311-2 shall be transmitted to the Prime Minister and to the representative of the State in the territorial collectivity.When it relates to the adaptation o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7252-4

The Martinique Assembly is consulted on plans to award or renew port and airport concessions concerning the territorial collectivity of Martinique.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Paid leave.

Article L7213-4

The salary for the period of paid annual leave is increased by a housing allowance and all other benefits in kind granted by the employer pursuant to the employment contract or any contract ancillary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L7123-4

The presumption of the existence of a contract of employment subsists regardless of the method and amount of remuneration and the classification given to the contract by the parties. Nor is it destroy…

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