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Showing 31213130 of 58474 articles for Art. 17 January 2020 · Law 89-462 of 6 July 1989

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-60

…e participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2, with a view to obtaining the authorisation referred to in Article L. 356-25 mus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-6

…ble to the Grouping by the member establishments remain governed, as appropriate, by their contract of employment, the collective agreements applicable to them or their status. Associate practitioners…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 8: Temporary detention of persons

Article 67 ter

In the course of controls falling within their remit, customs officers, once they have consulted the processing of personal data relating to individuals, objects or vehicles for which an alert has bee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R1524-6

For the application in Mayotte of article R. 1233-32, the words: "of article 32 of law no. 2000-37 of 19 January 2000 relating to the negotiated reduction of working hours" are replaced by the words:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-67

An employee participating in a mission outside France on behalf of a humanitarian association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or entered in the register of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4311-63

Voting may take place electronically. Electronic voting excludes all other voting methods. The electoral regulations set out the conditions under which nurses who are not equipped for electronic votin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-6

The report referred to in article L. 1334-5 is produced when all or part of a residential building built before 1st January 1949 is sold, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Anti-competitive practices.

Article L420-6

It shall be punishable by four years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros for any natural person to fraudulently take a personal and determining part in the design, organisation or implementation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-1

I.- The transfer of powers to a public-private association automatically entails the application to all the public property, facilities and services necessary for their exercise, as well as to all the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-3

…ommune may be authorised by the State representative in the department, after receiving the opinion of the departmental commission for intercommunal cooperation meeting in the formation provided for i…

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