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Showing 51715180 of 7610 articles for Art. 16 Jan. 2019 – no. 17-12479

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-18

…ment council on the inclusion in the inventory of a community facility mentioned in article L. 2511-16, the municipal council or Paris council shall deliberate.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information for users.

Article L4411-6

…conditions set out in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, and by regul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-28

…documents referred to in article R. 1261-24 and the activity report referred to in article R. 1261-16. It is made under the same terms and conditions as the initial application.

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

Article R1337-3-1

Failure by the owners mentioned in article R. 1334-16 to comply with any of the obligations defined in articles R. 1334-27 to R. 1334-29, article R. 1334-29-2, the first and second paragraphs of artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-75

…o take decisions concerning persons convicted of an offence falling within the scope of Article 706-16 are specified by the provisions of this section.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Various establishments used to serve sentences

Article D70

…of the Penitentiary Code or in the quarters of the penitentiary centres mentioned in article R. 112-16 of the same code and corresponding to these establishments. In exceptional circumstances, prisons…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for registration

Article D7342-2

…calculated on the basis of the minimum wage provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 434-16 of the same code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L321-36

Public auction sales of State-owned movable property and all sales of movable property carried out in the domanial form shall continue to be carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-4

…eplacement income ceases to be paid :1° Recipients who have reached the age specified in article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code and who can prove that they have completed the insurance period…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article L128-4

No interconnection within the meaning of 3° of I of the article 33 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 précitée ne peut être effectuée entre le fichier national automatisé des interdits de gérer et t…

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