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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article R2213-2

In all places, the operator participating in the external funeral service mentioned in article L. 2223-23 shall, without delay, provide the body of the person whose death has been ascertained with a n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article R4434-2

The provisions of article R. 4332-10 are applicable to the overseas regions subject to the condition that the share of the grant intended to take account of changes in the school-age population is all…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Health, safety and working conditions committee

Article R1233-25-1

The commission comprises nine full staff representatives and an equal number of alternate staff representatives. Each trade union organisation sitting on the social committee of the administration app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of expenses

Article R2123-22-1

Members of the town council entrusted with special mandates by their assembly may claim, on proof of the actual duration of the trip, firstly, payment of daily allowances intended to reimburse their a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Criteria and procedures for funding the professional transition project

Article R6323-14-2

I.-Applications for support for a professional transition project are satisfied in the order in which they are received. However, the regional cross-industry joint committees are entitled to determine…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-20

I.-Insofar as they are strictly necessary for the purposes mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19, data belonging to the following categories: 1° Data identifying the beneficiary of a pathway; 2° Data rela…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy

Article R6523-2-16-1

For the application of articles R. 6331-52 and R. 6332-72 to Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, the words: "the body mentioned in article L. 225-1-1" are replaced respectively by the words: "the body…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-24-1

The majority required to approve one of the transactions mentioned in the first paragraph of article 27 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies is that pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-20-1

If no response is received by the end of the period for examining the application for authorisation referred to in Article R. 1125-17 , this shall be deemed to constitute rejection. Silence on the exp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-29-1

Personal data contained in the processing may be accessed, for consultation purposes only, with the exception of data relating to persons registered as victims: 1° Agents of the departments mentioned…

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