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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-37

The community council may grant financial aid to communes which are part of the urban community and whose budget would be seriously unbalanced following their accession to the said community.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-3

Time off used in application of articles L. 7125-1 et L. 7125-2 may not exceed half the legal working time for a calendar year.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article L7227-3

Time off used in application of articles L. 7227-1 et L. 7227-2 may not exceed half the legal working time for a calendar year.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article R2214-3

The state police regime may be abolished in the same way as provided for in article R. 2214-2 for its establishment when the conditions set out in this article are not met.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article D2311-3

Communes with a population of less than 500 and their public administrative establishments, with the exception of public administrative establishments with a specific nomenclature by nature, may apply…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and contractors

Article R3245-3

The control officer who issued the alert informs the employees concerned in writing that if they fail to pay their wages, they may take their case to the industrial tribunal to recover the sums due.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Orientation and placement

Article R5213-3

Pre-orientation centres are interdepartmental or regional in scope and may be attached to functional rehabilitation or vocational re-education establishments. In this case, they are managed independen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Port establishment staff: compensatory rest for overtime work.

Article D744-3

Compensatory rest acquired under article L. 212-5-1 of the French Labour Code may be taken in half-days, counting as four hours' rest.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Director

Article D6143-33

Within the scope of his powers as defined in article L. 6143-7, the director of a public health institution may, under his responsibility, delegate his signature.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-3

…to enable it to carry out its missions, shall be exercised by the State. The resources mentioned in 3° of article L. 1413-8 collected or gathered under the same conditions are the property of the Stat…

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