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Showing 19611970 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-25

…443-23 and D. 4443-24. He checks that the candidates meet the conditions defined in article D. 4443-20. A registration receipt is issued to each of the candidates in the regular application. The State…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…the right-hand column of the table in I: ARTICLES IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1121-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-3 Order no. 2016-800 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-21

…me from the judicial proceedings documents already held by the departments mentioned in article 230-20. When data is used which may indirectly reveal the identity of individuals, this identity may onl…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-14

…nder which compensation will be paid to owners for easements instituted pursuant to articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23. It may provide for the operator to contribute financially to investment and operati…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Notice of modification

Article R2194-10

…icial Journal of the European Union under the conditions set out in articles R. 2131-19 and R. 2131-20, in accordance with the model set out in the European Commission regulation establishing standard…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Exclusions

Article L711-5

…easures provided for in 2° of Article L. 733-7 and Articles L. 741-2, L. 741-6 and L. 741-7, L. 742-20 et L. 742-22. The realisation of pledges by municipal credit unions may not be prevented or defer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-22

…difference between the subscription price and the sale price determined pursuant to article L. 3332-20 and, where applicable, by the free allocation of shares or securities giving access to the capita…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application for substantial modification

Article R1124-11

…y out the Part II assessment provided for in Article 7 of the aforementioned Regulation of 16 April 2014 within the time limits defined in Article 20 of that Regulation. The Committee shall issue a fa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)

Article R1425-3

The departmental advisory commission, referred to in articles L. 1424-20, L. 1424-21and L. 1424-36, is established by prefectoral order. This decree is published in the prefecture's administrative rec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-15

The municipal commission provided for in article L. 2511-20 comprises one representative of each arrondissement mayor and an equal number of representatives of the commune mayor. The municipal commiss…

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