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Showing 50015010 of 5857 articles for Art. 12 juill. 2018

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Acquisition of rights

Article D5151-14

…period of three years' commitment, giving rise to three hundred and fifty hours of service per year;12° For the civic reserve and its thematic reserves, with the exception of those mentioned in 3°, 4°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-86

…2° The medicinal product is the subject of one of the authorisations provided for in Articles L. 5121-12 and L. 5121-12-1, or of the registration provided for in article L. 5121-13 or of an import a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-26

…nd conditions under which the rights of members are set out in the grouping's constituent agreement;12° The admission of new members;13° Exclusion of a member;14° The appointment and dismissal of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…t, to comply with the requirements laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018;2° The obligation, for the applicant for a marketing authorisation submitted in exceptional cir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-1

…version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.Articles L . 1110-4-1, L. 1110-8, L. 1110-12 and L. 1110-13 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in their wording resulting from Law no. 2016-4…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-2

…ication of the legislative provisions of Book I to the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° In article L. 2112-4, the words: "of the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words: "of the Rep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-6

By way of derogation from the provisions of I of Article L. 5126-1 : 1° For reasons of public health, in the interest of patients or, where applicable, at the request of the ministers responsible for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-14

…ed in the table below: Offences against persons:-crimes against humanity (articles 211-1,211-2 and 212-1 to 212-3 of the Penal Code) -Voluntary attempts on life (articles 221-1 to 221-5 of the Penal C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties.

Article D313-26

…d 14 of Law no. 75-1334 of 31 December 1975, as amended, relating to subcontracting; 2° Articles L. 1251-49 to L. 1251-53 and articles L. 7123-19, L. 7123-21 and L. 7123-22 of the French Labour Code;…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for road traffic accidents occurring in mainland France, the overseas departments and the territorial collectivity of Mayotte.

Article A421-1

…referred to in Articles 1 and 1a of the Law of 27 February 1958, by the supplementary agreement of 12 December 1973, to guarantee claims caused by vehicles normally based in France and Monaco, with t…

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