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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).

Article R1614-26

Agreements between the State and the territorial authority or grouping of territorial authorities may provide for: 1° The transmission of computer media complying with the specifications of national i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).

Article R1614-23

Every month, the mayor, the president of the departmental council, the president of the regional council or the president of the deliberative body of the grouping of local authorities sends the prefec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).

Article R1614-27

The Prefect shall communicate to the representatives of the local authorities and their groupings, within one month of their publication, the statistics drawn up at departmental, regional and national…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tobacco control

Article R3822-1

Title I of Book V of this Part shall apply to Wallis and Futuna as set out in the second column of the table below and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter: R. 3511-1Decree no. 2016…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R422-10

Articles R. 422-1 to R. 422-9 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2020-1452 of 27 November 2020.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: The Director (R)

Article R2221-74

The director appoints and dismisses the board's agents and employees, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Association.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: The Director (R)

Article R2221-73

The director's remuneration is set by the town council, on the mayor's proposal, after consulting the operating board.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: The accounting officer (R)

Article R2221-76

The functions of accounting officer for the régie are performed by the commune's accounting officer.However, when annual operating revenue exceeds €76,225, these functions may be entrusted to an accou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: The Director (R)

Article R2221-75

In communes or groupings of communes with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants, the director of the régie may be chosen from among the permanent staff of the local authority.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-67

Exceptional aid is awarded either to the legal entity forming the group or to the company leading the cartel, as mentioned in articles R. 212-17 and R. 212-18 of the French Cinema and Moving Images Co…

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