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Showing 34713480 of 3965 articles for Art. 17 avr. 1996

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

Article R2324-28

…s for staff.II-Any collective childcare establishment covered by 1° and 2° of II of Article R. 2324-17 includes one or more reception units, under the conditions set out in II of Article R. 2324-46 an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4351-2

…clides; 16° Checking the proper operation and routine maintenance of the equipment entrusted to it; 17° Implementation of hygiene, safety and vigilance rules in accordance with good practice; 18° Impl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-43

…icle L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code or significant influence within the meaning of Article L. 233-17-2 of the same code must be included in the accounting statements referred to in the eighth paragr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Availability.

Article R6152-64

…at his request, to the practitioner holding the approval mentioned in articles L. 225-2 and L. 225-17 of the code de l'action sociale et des familles when he goes abroad or to an overseas department,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: The Higher Council for Mountain Sports

Article D142-28

…and Avalanches; 16° The Chairman of the Commission Supérieure des Sites, Perspectives et Paysages; 17° The Chairman of the Higher Council for Tourism; 18° The Director of the Chamonix National Ski an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article L345-2

Subject to the application of the provisions of the first two paragraphs of Article L. 233-17 of the Commercial Code , except in cases where the undertakings listed below are controlled by a société d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the supervisory authorities by groups.

Article L356-21

…upervision. The provisions of this paragraph are without prejudice to the application of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties. II - Without prejudice…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-12

…covered by the agreement and eligible to vote within the meaning of articles L. 2314-15 and L. 2314-17 to L. 2314-18-1 take part in the consultation. The agreement is valid if it is approved by the em…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-27

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Eggs and poultrymeat

Article R412-27

…for eggs, and the Annexes thereto 4° The provisions of Articles 1 and 3 to 7 of Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 27 June…

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