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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-27

In municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants, councillors not belonging to the municipal majority who so request may have the loan of shared premises free of charge. An implementing decree deter…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-9

…22 of direct allocations to theatrical screenings of short-lived cinematographic and audiovisual works, the threshold condition of 1,500 admissions set out in article 412-9 does not apply.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Provisions relating to the public establishment for the protection of Mediterranean forests

Article L1424-66

The staff of this establishment are governed by the provisions of loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Issuance of Bulletin No. 1 of the Criminal Record

Article R78

…t of the entries provided for in Article 769, is reproduced on bulletin no. 1. If not, the bulletin n° 1 is marked: "nil".

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-11

…request the repayment of all or part of the grant in the cases provided for in article 15 of décret n°99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-9

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-8

Spectral emergence is defined by the difference between the ambient noise level in a standardised octave band, including the particular noise in question, and the residual noise level in the same octa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4227-5

The premises to which workers normally have access are served by clearances, the number and width of which are as follows: WORKFORCENUMBERof exitsWIDTHtotal cumulatedLess than 20 people10,80 m20 to 10…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-28-2

Self-employed persons and persons seeking employment who do not fall into the category defined in article D. 6341-28-1 receive, when they are following a training course approved under the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article D6523-14-5

I.-For the application in Mayotte of articles D. 6341-28-1, D. 6341-28-2, D. 6341-28-3 and D. 6341-28-4, the sum of "685 euros" is replaced by the sum of "609 euros". II - For the application of artic…

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