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Showing 23712380 of 3138 articles for Art. 23 Nov 2012

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article D5211-4-1

…mayor of a municipality of less than 500 inhabitants pursuant to the scale set out in article L. 2123-23. These expenses may be accumulated over a period of three years. The reimbursement of these ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3b: Hybrid specialities

Article R5121-9-7

…hybrid group, in accordance with the Order mentioned in the last paragraph of II of Article L. 5125-23 of the Public Health Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-56-4

…o in I of Article L. 330-1 ; 2° Central counterparties within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012; 3° Central banks. If the payment or financial instrument delivery obligations of a person subj…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-50

…the ceiling provided for inArticle 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012 in the case of the contribution provided for in 2° of Article L. 6331-48 of this Code and in ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6351-5

…nd constraints of the community. V. - Until its first meeting following its renewal after 1 January 2012, the Territorial Council is empowered to adapt laws and regulations relating to town planning,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure for bodies responsible for vocational integration and training initiatives

Article R6121-3

…ion of structural costs, as well as the system of penalties; 11° A reference to Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-50

…authorisation procedure for making them available on the market pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of 22 May 2012.During the transitional period defined by Article 89 of the same Regulation, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-46-1

…commitments arising from derivatives within the meaning of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 are included in the amount of elig…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Decision of the departmental cinematographic development commission

Article L212-9

…ect is the subject of a cinema programming commitment signed in application of 3° of article L. 212-23. When the project submitted concerns the extension of an establishment defined in 2°, 3° or 3° bi…

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