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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-20

…allocations are granted. The corresponding sums are paid in quarters at the beginning of each quarter.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R4134-20

State civil servants may only take part in the work of the sections with the agreement of the regional prefect and that of the president of the regional council in the case of matters for which the de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-20

The Prefect of Corsica, the President of the Executive Council and the President of the Assembly of Corsica shall be heard by the Council with their agreement or at their request. Any qualified person…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Tourism

Article R4424-20

The Assembly of Corsica determines the conditions under which the communes mentioned in the section 2 of Chapter III of Title III of Book I of the Tourism Code or their groupings are designated as tou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to elected employees

Article R7125-20

Any refusal by the employer must be justified and notified to the person concerned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inspection and maintenance of facilities

Article R4222-20

The employer shall maintain all the installations referred to in this chapter in good working order and shall regularly inspect them.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Space heating

Article R4216-20

The use of soft solder, whose filler metal melting temperature is less than 450°C, is prohibited for pipes carrying combustible liquids or gases.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Space heating

Article R4227-20

The circuits supplying the installations include an emergency stop device for the energy supply to all the appliances. The shutdown device can be operated from a permanently accessible and signposted…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Health and safety signs and equipment

Article R4224-20

Where it is not possible, given the nature of the work, to avoid danger zones involving risks of falling persons or falling objects, and even in the case of one-off maintenance or repair activities, t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conformity assessment with internal production control, also known as the "EC self-certification" procedure

Article R4313-20

The internal production control procedure is the procedure whereby the manufacturer ensures that machinery or personal protective equipment satisfies the relevant technical rules of the applicable ann…

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