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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article R2563-4

The sub-envelope of the urban solidarity and social cohesion grant and the rural solidarity grant provided for in 1° of II of Article L. 2334-23-1 accruing to the municipalities of each overseas depar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality.

Article D2573-4

The articles D. 2113-1 to D. 2113-12 and R. 2113-16 to R. 2113-22 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Regional fund for apprenticeship and continuing vocational training

Article R4332-4

For the determination of expenditure incurred by the State in 1993 in respect of training initiatives intended for young people under the age of twenty-six with a view to enabling them to acquire a qu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Second-hand equipment

Article R4312-4

Second-hand safety components, whatever their date of entry into service when new, are subject to the technical rules of design and construction set out in Annex I to Article R. 4312-1. However, prote…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Proceedings before Disciplinary Boards

Article R4443-4

I.-Articles R. 4234-7 to R. 4234-17 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-42

For the application of Article L. 6145-3 and the second paragraph of Article L. 6145-5, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall give formal notice to the authorising officer to fulfil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-42

The following may be appointed as interns: 1° Doctors or pharmacists who hold a doctor of medicine or pharmacy diploma allowing them to practise in the country in which they obtained their diploma or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-41

In the event that a position in an approved structure likely to be offered to an intern or resident has not been offered to interns or residents, or if it has not been chosen, the director of the heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-43

At the end of the selection process and where there are still vacancies for interns or residents, students in the third cycle of medical and pharmacy studies and former residents who have just complet…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R446-4

The Government of New Caledonia shall deliver the opinion provided for in Article L. 446-4 within fifteen days of the referral of the matter by the High Commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia.…

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