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Showing 12411250 of 14450 articles for Art. 975 · CE 9 March 2016 n° 374893 · CE 27 July 2005 n° 269605

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Control

Article R6332-95

The control officers mentioned in article L. 6361-5 are authorised to control the income and expenditure of the joint collecting bodies in respect of the personal training account. Any use of funds th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring compliance with trading platform rules and other obligations

Article L420-9

I. - The operator of a trading venue shall establish and maintain arrangements and procedures, including the necessary resources, to monitor on a regular basis the compliance of its members with the r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Alert mechanism

Article R212-94-4

…eement on the European Economic Area, under the conditions provided for in Chapter III of Order No. 2016-1809 of 22 December 2016 on the recognition of professional qualifications of regulated profess…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-9

…a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° Failure by a marketing authorisation holder or a pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product to constitute the safety stock intended for the nati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-29

For each establishment, the amount of the direct allocation is determined by applying the percentage corresponding to the establishment's market share to the amount of funds allocated to direct alloca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-9

The right of private occupation of a site held by a trader established within the precincts of a market of national interest is likely to be included in the pledge of his business.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-9

…tion of rights recorded in euros and registered on the personal training account are :1° Civic service as referred to inarticle L. 120-1 of the French National Service Code ; 2° The operational milita…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-28

…and the sum of the average sales achieved by all the establishments;2° Sales are defined as the proceeds from the sale of admissions or, in the case of a cinema access package giving entitlement to m…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-54

…direct allocation is set by applying the following flat-rate amounts to admissions made between 14 July 2021 and 28 September 2021:- 0.75 € per entry for the fraction of entries less than or equal to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-9

The purchaser may ask the candidate, in the contract notice, to indicate the services he intends to subcontract above the minimum percentage required, as well as the subcontractors he has already iden…

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