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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article LO6241-3

Acts taken in the name of the collectivity and other than those mentioned in article LO 6241-2 are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been published in the Official Journal of Saint-…

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

Article LO6251-3

I. - The Territorial Council is empowered, in compliance with the guarantees granted throughout the national territory for the exercise of public freedoms, to adopt acts in the field of criminal law f…

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

Article LO6351-3

I. - The Territorial Council is empowered, in compliance with the guarantees granted throughout the national territory for the exercise of public freedoms, to adopt acts in the field of criminal law f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article LO6341-3

Acts taken on behalf of the local authority and other than those mentioned in article LO 6341-2 are enforceable by operation of law as soon as they have been published in the Official Journal of Saint…

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

Article LO6461-3

The deliberations by which the Territorial Council adopts the rules which, in the matters listed in II of Article LO 6414-1, fall within the domain of the law, are adopted by public ballot by an absol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY

Article LO6451-3

Regulatory acts issued by the authorities of the collectivity are published in the Journal officiel de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity

Article R1321-3

The period provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 1321-4 runs from the last date of the publication and filing formalities defined in articles R. 1321-1 and R. 1321-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book III: Security measures

Article A37-34

The number, location and territorial jurisdiction of the multidisciplinary commissions on security measures provided for by articles 706-53-14, 763-10 and R. 61-7 are set as follows: HEADQUARTERS OF T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Customer due diligence and liability

Article R8281-3

If the employer fails to respond to the injunction, the project owner or client shall inform the officer who issued the alert within two days of the expiry of the time limit provided for in article R.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Interministerial Commission for the Recognition of the State of Natural Disaster

Article D125-3-3

The Chairman of the Commission may decide that a deliberation will be organised by means of a telephone or audiovisual conference under the conditions laid down in Order no. 2014-1329 of 6 November 20…

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