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Showing 70217030 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-151

…ty to the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, under the conditions set out in Article R. 123-8.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-15

…ure; 7° Actual operating expenditure and annual capital repayment of debt/actual operating revenue; 8° Gross capital expenditure/actual operating revenue; 9° Outstanding debt/actual operating revenue;…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6232-7

…relating to the counting of votes in polling stations equipped with a voting machine;7° Article R. 68 relating to the documents to be attached to the minutes and the destruction of other documents;8°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6232-1

The information file provided for in article LO 1112-8 is made available to the public by the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, at least fifteen days before the poll.The information pack is made avail…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial provisions

Article D5334-3

…eir representative, in the departments of the Ile-de-France region and in the overseas departments; 8° Two mayors of communes that are members of the syndicat d'agglomération nouvelle; 9° Two deputy m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6332-1

The information file provided for in Article LO 1112-8 is made available to the public by the collectivité de Saint-Martin at least fifteen days before the ballot.The information file is made availabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6332-7

…elating to the counting of votes in polling stations equipped with a voting machine; 7° Article R. 68 relating to the documents to be attached to the minutes and the destruction of other documents; 8°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-145

…persons present at or near the work site; 7° Procedures for decontaminating workers and equipment; 8° Waste management procedures; 9° Working hours and times determined in application of articles R.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4451-13

…identify which of the exposure limit values laid down in articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8 are relevant to the work situation; 2° To establish whether, in a given situation, the reference l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-5

…ty professors and associate university lecturers mentioned in the first paragraph of articles 4 and 8 of decree no. 91-966 of 20 September 1991 relating to the associate staff of hospitals and univers…

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