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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L3311-3

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the president of the departmental council presents a report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men concerning the operation of the dep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L4311-1-1

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the President of the Regional Council shall present a report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men concerning the operation of the re…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2449

In the departments responsible for land registration whose register is kept in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 2448, a certificate is issued of the formalities accept…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L4621-3

Self-employed workers covered by Book VI of the Social Security Code may join the inter-company occupational health and prevention service of their choice. They benefit from a specific range of servic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Coordination with professional sectors, the public employment service and the public guidance service

Article L6121-5

The service providers mentioned in article L. 6351-1 inform Pôle emploi and the local missions and Capemploi, under conditions set by decree, of the effective entry into training, interruption and exi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Civil protection training and intervention units

Article L6329-1

Civil protection training and intervention units may supply, free of charge and under the responsibility of a doctor or pharmacist, the medicines and medical devices required for the care they provide…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6461-20

The territorial council of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may authorise the opening to the public of casinos comprising separate and distinct special premises where certain games of chance are played. A dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts.

Article R221-11

Each year, remuneration for the guarantee granted by the State on deposits collected by credit institutions and centralised in whole or in part in the fund is deducted from the savings fund provided f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Adaptation provisions.

Article L6523-7

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the specific terms and conditions for the application of this part, in parti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article R775-35

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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