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Showing 49114920 of 47859 articles for Art. 151 septies · CE plén. 13 June 2018 n° 401942 · CE 17 May 1995 · CE 26 September 2018 · CE 28 April 2006 · CAA Paris 9 November 2011 · BOI-BIC-PVMV-40-10-10-10 et -20

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Sterilisation of medical devices.

Article R6111-20

On the basis of a contract that complies with good hospital pharmacy practice, the principles of which are laid down by order of the Minister for Health, and after obtaining the opinion of the regiona…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26

…purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: 1° Electronic communications services means services consisting wholly or mainly in the provision of electronic communications within…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Deposit and seizure

Article L512-26

Pending the results of the necessary checks, authorised agents may consign:1° Products likely to be adulterated, corrupted or toxic;2° Products likely to be unfit for consumption, with the exception o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

The provisions of the Highway Code governing the driving of a motorised land vehicle without insurance covering civil liability in accordance with the provisions of article L. 211-1 of this Code are r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-26

…ngs converted into an annuity and for each member whose rights have not been liquidated, the ratio between, on the one hand, the value of the capital guaranteed by the insurance company managing the p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Committee of elected representatives of the Ile-de-France region (R).

Article R2531-26

…f an elected full member or the loss of the capacity in respect of which he was elected, he is replaced by his alternate. If, for reasons of the same nature, the alternate is unable to sit, the first…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Harm reduction

Article R3411-20

State financial aid is calculated by applying a unit amount to the quantity of equipment sold, determined in such a way that it does not exceed what is necessary to cover the net costs incurred in pla…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Direct allowances to supplement the new horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-92

…cross-sectoral aid to compensate for the fall in business activity and the additional direct allowance may not exceed the actual loss of turnover recorded over the period between 1 January and 30 Sept…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Social protection of practitioners.

Article R6154-26

…l practitioners who are self-employed contribute two-thirds of their hospital emoluments, including certain allowances defined by decree, to the supplementary social security pension scheme instituted…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-26

…strategy to promote the principles of the Republican Commitment Contract referred to in article L. 131-15-2 ; 2° An official calendar of the competitions that they organise or authorise, allowing ath…

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