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Showing 15611570 of 3206 articles for Art. 18 janv. 1983

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-5

…tatives elected under the conditions set by the Chapter II of Title II of Law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 relating to the democratisation of the public sector, with the exception of the provisions rela…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration.

Article R6152-514

…o the provisions of articles R. 6152-506, R. 6152-517 and article 25 of law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants and the regulatory provisions adopted for its a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L72-103-2

…l service, expenditure relating to the services mentioned in article 9 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants;7° Interest on the debt and expenditure on repa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 631-2

…Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, in particular those provided for in Chapter I and Articles 17, 18, 19, 25, 28, 29 and 31 or, where applicable, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 Decemb…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D3371-2

…ts, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS TH…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-19

The injunctions and information referred to in articles R. 1263-16 to R. 1263-18 shall be issued by any means that confers a date certain.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Postal voting.

Article R713-20

All manual operations provided for in articles R. 713-17 and R. 713-18 may be carried out with the assistance of electronic means.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the commune of Marseille (R).

Article D2513-1

…issements, in accordance with the table of districts and the plan appended to decree no. 46-2285 of 18 October 1946.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to elected representatives who are public servants (R).

Article R3123-19

The provisions of articles R. 3123-16 to R. 3123-18 are applicable to contractual employees of the State, local authorities and their public administrative establishments.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article A812-24

The list of acts performed by the trainee provided for in article R. 812-18-2 is given in II of Annex 8-1-1 to this book.

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