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

Article LO6371-4

…concomitant transfer to the collectivity of Saint-Martin of the resources necessary for the normal exercise of these powers.

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

Article LO6371-1

…ate, the region or department of Guadeloupe or the municipality of Saint-Martin and assigned to the exercise of the competences transferred to the collectivity of Saint-Martin shall be handed over to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative

Article L7222-28

…wn by this code, he shall ensure that the authorities of the territorial collectivity of Martinique exercise their powers regularly.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Trial of offences

Article 924

For the application of article 398, the correctional court is always composed of the president or a judge of the court of first instance. Articles L. 952-7 of the Code of Judicial Organisation relatin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all victims

Article D594-12

…he or she is entitled, at his or her request, to a translation of the information essential to the exercise of his or her rights, in particular of the receipt for the lodging of a complaint given to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article R3115-22

…t to the Minister for Health and to the Prefect for the Defence and Security Zone. The frequency of exercises to implement the contingency plan provided for in article R. 3115-12 is two years for entr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : The State representative

Article D6212-1

The representative of the State in Saint-Barthélemy exercises his powers under the conditions set out in the décret n° 2007-1071 du 6 juillet 2007 relatif au représentant de l'Etat dans la collectivit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application to army hospitals and army blood transfusion centres

Article R4211-22

…usion establishment respectively. For these hospitals and for this centre, the Minister for Defence exercises the powers of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation and operation

Article D4632-10

…stitutions and the social security and public health services, with a view to facilitating workers' exercise of the rights conferred by social legislation and directing them, where necessary, to the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating conditions.

Article R4644-5

…n adviser has access to all non-nominative documents required by this part. This right of access is exercised under conditions which guarantee the confidential nature of the data and the protection of…

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