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Showing 35313540 of 29549 articles for Art. 17 mai 2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R783-3

…612-5, R. 612-6 and R. 612-7n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 612-7-1 and R. 612-7-2n° 2015-1160 of 17 September 2015R. 612-9n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010II. - For the application of I, in I of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liens and insurance

Article D3253-5

The maximum amount of the guarantee provided for in Article L. 3253-17 is set at six times the monthly ceiling used to calculate contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme. This amount is set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Health-related products

Article R1453-2

…roducts mentioned in II of Article L. 5311-1, with the exception of those mentioned in 14°, 15° and 17°, or providing services associated with these products, shall make public, under the conditions d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R917-30

…ctivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon relating to the register of farmers provided for in Article R. 917-17;"The activities covered by the college representing activities in the crafts and trades sector…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-125

…transfer or contribution of the property affected, as provided for in articles L. 526-16 and L. 526-17 113.20 € 108 Valuation of a property whose value must be declared under article L. 526-10 113.20…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Hygiene measures.

Article R4534-138

…owing provisions: 1° Ventilation and sanitation rules provided for in articles R. 4222-1 to R. 4222-17 and R. 4222-20 to R. 4222-22 ; 2° Rules relating to the thermal environment, cold and bad weather…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-7

…rouping in application of the first paragraph of III of article 29 of the finance law for 2003 (no. 2002-1575 of 30 December 2002) which was calculated on the basis of the France Télécom business tax…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Article L142-1

…egard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, les empreintes digital…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementation of the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-24

…cipation in the programme; 6° The operator complies with the provisions of article 25 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties by requesting aut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-13

…incarcerated following the execution of a warrant to bring or arrest issued pursuant to Article 712-17 if the debate must take place within the time limits laid down by that Article or within the time…

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