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Showing 29212930 of 29131 articles for Art. 19 mai 2004

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to leave for health or family reasons

Article R6152-818

The provisions of article 15 of decree no. 88-386 of 19 April 1988 relating to physical fitness conditions and sick leave for hospital civil servants are applicable to practitioners governed by this c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-1

…f the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC.II. - The penalties provided for in A of I of Article L. 465-1 shall also apply to any pe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 20: Reinforced official import controls

Article R412-36

…or in Article L. 412-1: 1° The provisions of Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 on the temporary reinforcement of official controls and emergency measure…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16

…xclusive rights to organise and operate sports betting games provided for inArticle 137 of Law No 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses or when these services…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 tricies

…venue is multiplied by the ratio between, on the one hand, the amount of bets placed on the game in mainland France and the overseas departments and, on the other hand, the total amount of bets placed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-2

…where applicable, of the obligations set out in Articles L. 1233-57-9 to L. 1233-57-16, L. 1233-57-19 and L. 1233-57-20.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Import and export for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1235-5

…he imported or exported organ must also be accompanied by the document mentioned in article R. 1211-19.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 13: Judgment adopting the plan.

Article R631-36

Where, pursuant to III of Article L. 631-19 the administrator or the debtor provides for redundancies for economic reasons in his draft plan, he shall attach the following documents to the report file…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers.

Article R2334-16

…e departmental or, where applicable, regional director of public finance responsible for paying the main remuneration of the beneficiaries of the allowance. The latter notifies the operations carried…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-21-1

…t to III of article L. 823-16 is submitted to the specialised committee mentioned in article L. 823-19 or to the body performing the functions of this committee, no later than the date of signature of…

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