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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Work requiring the use of work equipment

Article D4153-29

I. - It is forbidden to assign young people to maintenance work when it cannot be carried out when the vehicle is stationary, without the possibility of unexpectedly restarting the transmissions, mech…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-4

The design and construction obligations for the placing on the market of "machinery" apply to work equipment designated below by the word "machinery" and included in the list below: 1° Machinery; 2° I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ventilation.

Article R4534-44

When the natural ventilation of a gallery being excavated is insufficient, the atmosphere is purified by means of a mechanical ventilation system. This ventilation system ensures a minimum air flow of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditions of application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article R711-5

…art of this Code in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations in this Book :1° References to the provisions of the Civil Code, the Commercial Code and the Trade and Companies Regi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article LO4437-2

For the application to Mayotte of Chapter V of Title III, the reference to the region is replaced by the reference to the Department of Mayotte and the reference to the regional council is replaced by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1656 ter

…tements and regions apply to the collectivité de Corse. For the application of these provisions: 1° References to the department and the region are replaced by references to the collectivity of Corsic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: MUNICIPALITIES IN OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article R2564-1

…he application to the communes of Mayotte of the provisions of the second part of this code: 1° The reference to the department or region is replaced by the reference to the Department of Mayotte; 2°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-47

The President of the Corsican Executive Council attaches the warrants and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in Articles D. 1617-19 and D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA.

Article D5841-1

For the application of the provisions of Part Five in French Polynesia:1° The references to the representative of the State in the department or to the representatives of the State in the departments…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 322-9

…to creative diversity;2° The quality of the project's writing, particularly with regard to the game mechanics and the literary and graphic universe;3° The suitability of the project for the distributi…

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