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Showing 28112820 of 4610 articles for Art. 17 juin 1975

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management

Article L6333-7

…mentioned in article L. 5214-1, the skills operators, the commissions mentioned in article L. 6323-17-6, the bodies mentioned in article L. 6332-9 and any other body involved in monitoring or managin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Consultation of electors

Article R1112-18

…ation of voters is organised under the conditions provided for by the articles R. 1112-1 to R. 1112-17 applicable to local referendums, subject to the replacement of the last two paragraphs of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-5

…le 23 of the same Regulation, the right to erasure and the right to object provided for in Articles 17 and 21 of the same Regulation do not apply to SIVIC processing.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4125-23

…use of electronic voting via the Internet is organised within the framework laid down by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and in com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-18

…for health reasons may benefit, at the end of the leave mentioned in articles R. 6153-14 to R. 6153-17, from additional unpaid leave of a maximum duration of twelve months if it is recognised by the m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Collective investments

Article L214-1

I. - The following constitute collective investment schemes1° Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parli…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-5

…application for a national trade mark in the cases provided for in Article 139 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017. In these cases, the national trade mark application must, on pain of reject…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Cross-border demergers

Article L236-46

…ith one or more companies falling within the scope of paragraph 1 of Article 160b of Directive EU 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on certain aspects of company…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Refusal to submit to fingerprinting and photographing operations

Article L821-2

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment, a fine of €3,750 and a three-year ban from French territory for, for a foreign national who has been checked when crossing the border from a country that i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Principal penalties

Article L823-2

Subject to the exemptions provided for in Article L. 823-9, it is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000 for any person to facilitate or attempt to facilitate the unlawful entry,…

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