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Showing 53015310 of 6040 articles for Art. 11 déc. 1996

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to public employers

Article L1251-60

…y of a post that cannot be immediately filled under the conditions provided for by Law no. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the State civil service, Law no. 84-53 of 26 Jan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-2

…self-employed basis, health establishments, health services and the bodies mentioned in article L. 1142-1, and any other legal entity, other than the State, carrying out prevention, diagnosis or care…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-17

When the Regional Commission considers that the injury can be compensated under II of article L. 1142-1, or under article L. 1142-1-1, the Office will make an offer of compensation to the victim or th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-6

…rm the senior administrator of the territory. " 4° In Article L. 1333-18, the words "of Article L. 4111-6 of the Labour Code" are replaced by the words "in Article 134 of Law No. 52-1322 of 15 Decembe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-1-2

…ench Labour Code or by venture capital companies referred to in I of article 1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various economic and financial provisions or by venture capital mutual funds…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-1

…the employee or, where applicable, the member of the legal entity.For the application of article L. 113-15, the reference to the policy is replaced by the reference to the collective contract.For the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article L2331-2

…ributions and duties the collection of which is authorised by law in the interest of the communes ; 11° Allocations for the distribution of the global operating grant and, where applicable, the genera…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-10

…ctions involving amounts in excess of a threshold set by the Board on a proposal from the Chairman; 11° The general terms and conditions for charging for services provided by the agency on behalf of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1 The Training and Employment Committee

Article A142-6

…f the most representative professional organisation of ski instructors, appointed by its president; 11° The president of the most representative professional organisation of ski guides; 12° The presid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health and the environment

Article L1533-1

…uthority and inform the State representative. " 4° In Article L. 1333-18, the words "of Article L. 4111-6 of the Labour Code" are replaced by the words "of Article 134 of Law No. 52-1322 of 15 Decembe…

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