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Showing 40214030 of 4433 articles for Art. 14 Dec 1989

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection and environment

Article R1523-2

…1333-64 shall apply in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2021-684 of 28 May 2021; II. - In Articles R. 1333-12, R. 1333-19, R. 1333-20, R. 1333-21…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Responsibilities.

Article R5312-6

The Board of Directors decides on matters relating to the purpose of Pôle emploi. It deliberates on : 1° Annual guidelines and business development plans ; 2° Measures designed to facilitate recruitme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…nd the social report; 13° The initial budget, employment authorisations and any amendments thereto; 14° The annual accounts; 15° Authorised loans and maximum outstanding cash loans; 16 The granting of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and terms of the contract

Article D6114-3

…cation Code;10° The objectives, together with the monitoring indicators provided for in article R. 6144-2-2 of the Public Health Code, aimed at improving the quality and safety of care;11° Targets acc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of income and capital gains in the event of transfer of domicile outside France

Article 167 bis

…ties or rights whose taxation has been deferred pursuant to the II of article 92 B, of article 92 B decies and I ter and II of article 160, as they read prior to 1 January 2000, article 150-0 C, in th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-18

…rmit bearing the wording "mobile ICT (family) seconded employee" provided for in Article L. 421-29; 14° A multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "seasonal worker" provided for in Article L.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions

Article L455-2

…L. 5421-1, L. 5421-2, L. 5421-3, L. 5421-4, L. 5421-5, L. 5421-6, L. 5421-6-1, L. 5421-13, L. 5421-14, L. 5421-15, L. 5424-1, L. 5424-3, L. 5424-6, L. 5424-11, L. 5431-2, L. 5431-5, L. 5431-6, L. 543…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…er trade union delegate, including when the temporary employment contractor has notified him of its decision to no longer call upon him for new contracts, pursuant to article L. 2314-22 ; 2° Member or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-42

…any taking part in the cross-border merger is registered shall, within a period to be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, verify the legality of the transaction and the conformity of the deeds…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-1

…rovided for in Article L. 822-1 ; 2° It adopts, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 821-14, the standards relating to the ethics of statutory auditors, internal quality control and profess…

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