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Showing 16611670 of 41745 articles for Art. 4 mai 1994

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formal notice prior to the official report.

Article L4721-4

…the employer formal notice to comply with the requirements of the decrees mentioned in articles L. 4111-6 and L. 4321-4.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-44

…o the budget; 3° The financial statements and the allocation of the results for the financial year; 4° The annual activity report drawn up by the Director; 5° The categories of agreements which, by vi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Protected areas.

Article L3335-4

…on halls, gymnasiums and establishments for physical and sporting activities as defined by law no. 84-610 of 16 July 1984 relating to the organisation and promotion of physical and sporting activities…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks of national centres of reference

Article D1413-46

…ransmit the results and, where appropriate, samples at the request of the national reference centre.4° Immediately alerting the National Public Health Agency, the Ministry of Health and, where appropr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-48

…e awarded to the "Setting" sub-group, allocated in turn as follows: a) At least one of the action's main settings is in France, a French-speaking country or a place with a European aesthetic: 3 points…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article L121-4

…octors hired by the French Office for Immigration and Integration to carry out the tasks defined in 4° and 7° of article

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-42

…surance companies defined in Article L. 322-26-1 and the companies referred to in Article L. 322-26-4 shall operate under the conditions set out in this Section subject to the specific provisions of S…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-4

The reports provided for in articles L. 232-3 and L. 232-4 are attached to the documents mentioned in article R. 232-3. These reports supplement and comment on the information provided in these docume…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article R211-4

…s whose addition to a land motor vehicle does not constitute, within the meaning of articles L. 113-4 and L. 113-9, an increase in the risk covered by the contract insuring that vehicle.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5451-4

The provisions of the first three paragraphs of article L. 4163-2 are applicable to the persons mentioned in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of article L. 5323-4. The provisions of the following paragr…

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