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Showing 31513160 of 5612 articles for Art. 16 December 2021

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-8

…fees to be collected under the provisions of articles R. 3333-4 to R. 3333-7 will be drawn up on 31 December of the year preceding the opening of each annual collection period. The amount of the fees…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional card

Article R4222-11

…pharmacists holding a European professional card, pursuant toArticle 4 of the aforementionedOrder 2016-1809 of 22 December 2016.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Disabled workers.

Article R5523-2-2

…Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "in 7° of article 20-1 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, to sickness, maternity, invalidity and d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Monitoring working hours

Article D212-17

…620-2 of the Labour Code, with the exception of establishments covered by Decree No. 83-1111 of 19 December 1983. The provisions of this section apply, with the exception of articles D. 212-21, D. 21…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23-2

…For social rental housing benefiting from a decision to grant a subsidy or assisted loan between 1 December 2005 and 31 December 2026, with the exception of new constructions financed (1) by means of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5215-35

…or social rental housing benefiting from a decision to grant a subsidy or subsidised loan between 1 December 2005 and 31 December 2026, with the exception of new constructions financed (1) by means of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment of the committee

Article R1124-2

…ned in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2004, a Data Protection Committee shall be appointed in accordance with the procedures defi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-2-1

Owners of the buildings referred to in articles R. 1334-16 to R. 1334-18 who fail to carry out the visual inspection and measurement of dust levels required in the first sentence of article R. 1334-29…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to shooting licences issued by delegated federations

Article R131-47

…nominative file of persons banned from acquiring and possessing weapons mentioned inarticle L. 312-16 of the Internal Security Code.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conduct of the competition

Article R2162-15

…a design contest notice under the conditions set out in articles R. 2131-12, R. 2131-13 and R. 2131-16 to R. 2131-20. If the purchaser intends to award a service contract to the winner or one of the w…

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