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Showing 99219930 of 28708 articles for Art. 25 May 1993

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-15

…e armed forces hospitals and the other elements of the armed forces health service, the dissolution may only take place after the expiry of a period of time sufficient to ensure the continuity of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cosmetic surgery

Article L6322-2

…ubmission of the estimate and the actual operation. During this period, no consideration whatsoever may be demanded or obtained from the person concerned, nor may any commitment be made, with the exce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-10

When examining the dossier, the Data Protection Committee may provide the competent authority with ethics-related comments on elements falling under Part I provided for in Article 6 of the aforementio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.

Article R123-91

…State of the European Community subject to the application of Council Regulation No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings or to the application of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of the Europ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-26

…of energy consumption or the reduction of polluting or greenhouse gas emissions, fonds de concours may be paid between a syndicate referred to in article L. 5212-24 and the member municipalities or p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: The Metropolitan Conference of Mayors

Article L5218-10

…the design and evaluation of local policies to promote the sustainable development of the area. It may give its opinion or be consulted on any other issue relating to the metropolis.An annual activit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6251-4

Without prejudice to the criminal penalties provided for in Article LO 6251-3, infringements of the rules governing the assessment and collection of taxes, duties, fees and charges instituted by the T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-24

…torial collectivity of French Guyana includes official accommodation, the assembly of French Guyana may determine by deliberation the terms under which this accommodation is allocated to him or her. W…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24

Under Article 138, the investigating judge may order the person under investigation to set up, within a period that he or she determines, one or more personal or real sureties intended to guarantee th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-49

…for by article R. 15-33-40-1, where the proposed measures have been accepted, the public prosecutor may appoint a delegate or mediator for the purpose of implementing the measures decided upon and mon…

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