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Showing 50515060 of 5857 articles for Art. 12 juill. 2018

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-2

I. - Voting by electronic means opens on a Wednesday at 12 noon (Paris time) and closes at the same time on the following Tuesday, or the following Wednesday if the period includes a public holiday.II…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5423-3

…oncerned; 9° Indemnities paid to persons drawn by lot as mentioned in article 4-3 and 2° of article 12 of order no. 58-1360 of 29 December 1958 on the organic law relating to the Economic, Social and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: General conditions for authorisation of gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations

Article R5121-207

The application for authorisation or renewal of authorisation provided for in 12° and 13° of Article L. 5121-1 shall be sent by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt or lodged against receip…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article D6323-3-4

…efit from a top-up to their personal training account under the conditions set out in II of Article 12 of the same law. II -When, in the course of a dispute, the industrial tribunal asks the employer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-36

…he organisation of care and the medical operation of the care structure referred to in Article R. 6112-30 ;3° The conditions under which detainees have access to the medical equipment located in the h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-73

…tration, elected by all the said staff in a secret ballot by a majority of votes cast in one round; 12° Three members appointed by the Minister of Justice and the Ministers of Health and Social Securi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-44

…ond and third paragraphs of article R. 6153-2 and those of articles R. 6153-3 to R. 6153-7, R. 6153-12 to R. 6153-19 and R. 6153-21 to R. 6153-24 apply to students acting as interns and former residen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration of companies operating a medical biology laboratory on the roll of the competent orders

Article R6223-4

…application for registration, where applicable, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 4112-3 and L. 4112-4 or articles L. 4222-3 to L. 4222-5 and L. 4232-12.The decision is notified to the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-2

…re. In the absence of an agreement within twelve months of the publication of order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021, the procedures for exercising the right of termination are set by decree in the Conseil…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-73

…f the Member State of the European Union in which the consumer has his residence or habitual abode; 12° An indication of the language or languages used between the consumer and the trader concerning a…

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