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Showing 20412050 of 4389 articles for Art. 23 January 2001

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article R522-9

…e R. 522-7 and recovered by the competent public accountant, pursuant to the provisions of Articles 23 to 28 and 112 to 124 of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-24

…or house arrest under mobile electronic surveillance, the provisions of articles R. 24-14 to R. 24-23 are applicable, as are those of articles R. 631-1 and R. 631-3 du code pénitentiaire.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-24

…in accordance with Article R. 1612-19. The procedure provided for in articles R. 1612-21 à R. 1612-23.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Adaptation of individual monitoring of workers' state of health

Article R4624-21

…of his colleagues or third parties in the immediate working environment defined in Article R. 4624-23, the worker will immediately benefit from the enhanced individual monitoring arrangements provide…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-146

…sociation may have a duration of less than ten years or more than twenty-five years, counted from 1 January of the year in which it was opened. The period during which a survivorship association remai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-1

…regardless of its origin. Where the rights of enjoyment were only of a life nature, they ended on 4 January 1967.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7a: Forestry and insurance investment account

Article D221-126

…emain subject to this section as it stood prior to the entry into force of Decree no. 2015-31 of 15 January 2015 on the forestry investment and insurance account, unless they are converted into a fore…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-38

The contribution due by companies with fewer than eleven employees is settled on 31 January of the year following payment of the last instalment. The balance of the contribution due is paid on that da…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-4

…ovisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning sa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-3

…of the appointment or reappointment of the natural persons mentioned in I and II of Article L. 612-23-1 within fifteen days of their appointment or reappointment.The undertakings mentioned in I and I…

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