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Showing 52015210 of 6040 articles for Art. 11 déc. 1996

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-7-2

…appointed and assigned in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 6152-8 and R. 6152-11.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-73

…mination of the ancillary contract, and their effects; 10° The prohibition of any advance payments; 11° The fact that the contract may be governed by a law other than that of the Member State of the E…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L114-16

…law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, law no. 84-16 of 11th January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil service and law no. 84-53…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 112-1 and the first and second paragraphs of article L. 112-2 and in accordance with procedures defined by decree, the following may be indexed t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-7-6

…ate on which the abstraction point can be qualified as sensitive, within the meaning of article L. 211-11-1 of the Environment Code. Before the end of the period of application of the action plan, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-7-7

…ch; Where the action plan concerns a sensitive abstraction point, within the meaning of article L. 211-11-1 of the Environment Code, it also contains proposals for measures that may be made mandatory…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-12

…mpany and the acquired companies, without holding all of them, and the provisions of Article L. 236-11 do not apply:1° The merger need not be approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting of the acqui…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-38

…ct with foodstuffs and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 5° The provisions of Articles 4, 5 and 11 to 13 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 450/2009 of 29 May 2009 on active and intelligent material…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation of detention facilities

Article R744-6

…reserved for lawyers;10° A room allocated to the body mentioned in articles R. 744-19 and R. 751-8;11° A room, furnished and equipped with a telephone, allocated to the legal entity mentioned in arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Departmental Commission for Intercommunal Cooperation

Article L5211-45

…a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, under the conditions set out in article L. 5211-5, and on any project to create a mixed syndicate. It is consulted by the State representative in…

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