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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IV: The Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council of French Guiana

Article D7124-34

Independent of teaching expenses, the cost of which is borne by the local authority budget, the travel and subsistence expenses of the chairman and members of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cult…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-1

The following offences shall be tried in accordance with the conditions laid down in the third paragraph of Article 398, when they are punishable by a sentence of less than or equal to five years' imp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-31

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:1° Unique European code: unique identifier applied to tissues and cells circulating in the European Union. This code is composed…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-3

…ntract specifies the deductions to be made by the insurance undertaking and how they are to be established and collected. The undertaking may deduct only: 1° from premiums paid and amounts transferred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-37

I.-For the application of Article L. 713-7, the territorial chamber of commerce and industry shall request that companies entered in the register of commerce and companies provide it with the list of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article D4163-31

Each year, the managing body at national level records on the employee's professional prevention account the points corresponding to the data declared by the employer for the previous year on the decl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D4163-3

The employer declares the exposure of workers to one or more of the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4163-1, in accordance with the risk assessment provided for in article L. 4121-3,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-33

The guarantee ceases when it is executed or for the following reasons:loss of membership of the collective guarantee body or of a group of non-profit-making associations or bodies, or cancellation of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article R421-38

For the application of articles L. 421-26 to L. 421-29, the issue of a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "ICT seconded employee", "ICT mobile seconded employee", "ICT seconded employee (…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article R1613-3

For the purposes of article L. 1613-6, any localised event occurring in mainland France that causes damage to the property listed in Article R. 1613-4 and belonging to the local authorities or groupin…

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