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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article L3312-2

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Adaptation of laws and regulations by overseas departments

Article LO3445-2

I. - A request for authorisation to adapt a legislative or regulatory provision is adopted by reasoned deliberation of the departmental council.This deliberation mentions the legislative or regulatory…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article L4312-2

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Support for the development of employment and skills.

Article L5121-2

A decree shall determine the conditions of application of this section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional bodies for health, safety and working conditions.

Article L4643-2

Professional bodies for health, safety and working conditions bring together representatives of representative employers' and employees' organisations. Their activities are coordinated by the National…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for publication and dissemination of job offers.

Article L5332-2

Any employer who places an anonymous job advertisement in a newspaper, magazine or periodical or disseminates it by any other means of communication accessible to the public shall inform the director…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-2

For the application of this code in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° "Tribunal judiciaire" by "tribunal de première instance";2° "Tribunal de commerce"…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6271-2

Lease contracts relating to buildings leased by the State, the region or department of Guadeloupe or the commune of Saint-Barthélemy and assigned to the exercise of powers transferred to the collectiv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Application of laws and regulations in Saint-Martin

Article LO6313-2

I. - Laws and, when published in the Official Journal of the French Republic, administrative acts come into force in Saint-Martin on the date they set or, failing that, the day after their publication…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6371-2

Lease contracts relating to buildings leased by the State, the region or department of Guadeloupe or the municipality of Saint-Martin and assigned to the exercise of the powers of the collectivity of…

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