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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article R133-32

Communes may be designated as tourist communes if they : a) Have a listed tourist office responsible for the area for which the application for designation is made; b) Organise events during tourist p…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article R133-36

…including the creation of tourist offices, in application of the provisions of articles L. 5214-16 and L. 5216-5 of the general code of territorial collectivities. The decision of the governing body…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article R6156-42

…in the cases provided for in articles R. 6152-7-2, R. 6152-13, R. 6152-50-1, R. 6152-59, R. 6152-79 and R. 6152-80.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-34

…en the importance of an establishment, work or service managed by a territorial chamber of commerce and industry exceeds its financial resources, its management or operation may be entrusted to the re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-33

I.-The regional chambers of commerce and industry provide the opinion requested by the regional council on any assistance scheme for business start-ups and takeovers and for businesses that the region…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Territorial chambers of commerce and industry

Article A711-3

A member of a territorial chamber of commerce and industry who terminates his or her term of office shall submit his or her resignation to the supervisory authority.The resignation of the person conce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article L2315-8

The procedures for using delegation hours for more than one month are defined by regulation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article L2315-9

…d'Etat determines the conditions under which the full members of the staff delegation of the Social and Economic Committee may, each month, divide the delegation time available to them between themsel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article L2315-7

…red to carry out their duties: 1° To each of the full members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee; 2° To the union representatives on the social and economic committee in unde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article R2315-5

…atively up to a maximum of twelve months. This rule may not result in a member having more than one and a half times the number of delegation hours allocated to him/her in any one month. The represent…

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