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Showing 23712380 of 3965 articles for Art. 17 avr. 1996

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-13

…l nominative information contained in the register, in accordance with the provisions of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. In addition, it…

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

Article R1337-3-2

Owners of the common areas of apartment blocks referred to in article R. 1334-17 and buildings referred to in article R. 1334-18 who fail to meet one of the obligations defined in articles R. 1334-27…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Regies abroad (R).

Article R1617-18

…e set up outside national territory. These régies are subject to the rules defined in articles R. 1617-2 to R. 1617-17. However: a) The constitutive act may provide that these régies pay all expenses…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R621-48

…s of contractual agents governed by public law are subject to the provisions of Decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to contractual agents of the State, wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of voters

Article R5211-45

The articles R. 1112-3 to R. 1112-8 and R. 1112-15 to R. 1112-17 are applicable to public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation. For their application, the text should read: "établissement pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-9

…t determines, with the exception of those mentioned in 2°, 3°, 5°, 7°, 9°, 10°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 16°, 17° and 20° of I of article R. 6123-8. The Chief Executive Officer reports on the decisions he has t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Fees levied on the issue, renewal and supply of duplicates of residence permits and travel documents for foreign minors

Article L436-8

…on of a duplicate of a residence permit to foreign nationals mentioned in Articles L. 423-5, L. 423-17, L. 423-18, L. 425-1, L. 425-3, L. 425-6 or L. 425-8 are exempt from the collection of the fees p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-5

For the application of articles L. 1251-5, L. 1251-9, L. 1251-11, L. 1251-13, L. 1251-16, L. 1251-17, L. 1251-29, L. 1251-30, L. 1251-31, L. 1251-34, L. 1251-35, L. 1251-41 and L. 1251-60 to open-ende…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV ter : Tax regime for public interest groups

Article 239 quater B

…ings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in Chapter II of the loi n° 2011-525 du 17 mai 2011 de simplification et d'amélioration de la qualité du droit do not fall within the scope…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences concerning simplified joint stock companies

Article L244-1

The articles L. 242-1 to L. 242-6, L. 242-8, L. 242-17 to L. 242-24 apply to sociétés par actions simplifiées. The penalties provided for the chairman, directors or managing directors of sociétés anon…

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