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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-5

…tination map for the different parts of the territory provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 4433-7 is drawn up at a scale of between 1:50,000 and 1:100,000, with the exception of the sparse…

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

Article D5217-5

…to the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 5217-10-5, supplemented, for programmes, by the programme number and, for operations on behalf of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R5421-5

…may delegate some of its powers to the executive committee under the conditions set out in article L. 3211-2. The deliberations of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee are sent to the P…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Characteristics of workplaces

Article R4224-5

Shafts, hatches and chutes are fenced off. Walkways, cantilevered floors, raised platforms and their means of access are constructed, installed or protected in such a way that workers required to use…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4412-59

The provisions of this section apply to activities in which workers are exposed or are likely to be exposed in the course of their work to carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic chemical agents. They d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article R3513-5

The additives mentioned in 2° of article L. 3513-7 include caffeine and taurine.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Psychiatric care procedure

Article D3844-5

For the application of the second paragraph of article R. 3223-7, the words: "by the regional health agency" are replaced by the words: "by the services of the State representative" and the second sen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-5

…Candidates who obtain a mark of 6 out of 20 or less in any of the tests cannot be declared successful.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions

Article R4211-53

…of this section apply to health establishments which hold the authorisation referred to in Article L. 1243-2 and which meet the conditions for obtaining the authorisation provided for in Article L. 4…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-5

…bers. The agenda for each meeting is drawn up by the Chairman on a proposal from the Director General. Any issue whose inclusion has been requested by the Minister for Labour or by at least six member…

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