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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-13

…ipal police in matters of:1° Public health on the public highway;2° Public health in buildings used mainly for residential purposes and buildings used partly or wholly for accommodation pursuant to ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L3321-1

…tmental building;2° Expenditure relating to the functional allowances provided for in articles L. 3123-15 to L. 3123-18 and the training costs for elected representatives referred to in article L. 312…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5842-6

…ed by the words: "of the Assembly of French Polynesia". V. - For the application of article R. 5211-23, the word: "préfectoral" is replaced by the words: "du haut-commissariat de la République en Poly…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-22

…TO THE FRENCH MOTOR SPORTS FEDERATION OR THE FRENCH MOTORCYCLING FEDERATION.(art. A331-22 and A331-23) DefinitionThis includes races involving tractors, combine harvesters or other motorised land veh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-46

…olving the human person relating to labile blood products, the definitions given in Article R. 1221-23 are applicable; 12° For research involving the human person, new fact: any new data that may lead…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation system

Article R2142-3

…Director General of the Regional Health Agency, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 6122-23 to D. 6122-44-1. The documents in the supporting file provided for in article R. 6122-32 are supp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-78

…0° and 11°; 21° Logic units providing safety functions; 22° Roll-over protective structures (ROPS); 23° Falling-object protective structures (FOPS).

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation

Article L612-12

I. - Without prejudice to Article L. 612-8-1, the full Supervisory Board shall determine the organisational and operational principles, the budget and the internal rules of procedure of the AMF. It sh…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

…nterrupted or postponed, support will only be granted if filming resumes no later than 30th April 2023.Exceptionally, by decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR BOOK III

Article R2623-1

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book III to Saint-Barthélemy:1° In article R. 2311-5 :a) 2° is deleted;b) In 6°, the words: "the other technical standards drawn up by the European…

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