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Showing 20912100 of 27949 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-83 du 13 Jun 2012

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-12

Members of a town council are entitled to training appropriate to their duties. Training is compulsorily organised during the first year of office for elected representatives who have received a deleg…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

…for the purposes of Article R. 351-1 as a participation whose valuation, in accordance with Article 13 of Commission Regulation 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, corresponds to the net value of the share of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-12

…er 2018, as well as the associations representing them, to receive, in disregard of Article L. 5141-13-1, benefits in kind or in cash, procured by companies mentioned in Article L. 5142-1, is punishab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of material safety monitoring

Article R5212-12

…t home and appearing on a list drawn up by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, must appoint a local materialovigilance correspondent. Howev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12

In order to ensure better coordination of their activities and thus contribute to the structuring of the healthcare pathways referred to in article L. 1411-1 and the achievement of the objectives of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12

…access as defined in this article governs the use, on an exceptional basis, of certain medicinal products, in specific therapeutic indications, intended to treat serious, rare or incapacitating diseas…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-12-1

…cal civil service, expenditure relating to the services mentioned in article 9 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants; 5° The contribution to the budget of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article D533-12

The retail client may waive part of the protection afforded by the rules of conduct. In this case, the investment services provider other than an asset management company may treat the retail client a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L785-12

…le In the wording resulting from L. 631-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 631-2 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 631-2-1, with the exception of its twentieth paragraph Order no. 2017-484…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-12

…'un service ou d'une partie de service mis à disposition sont, de plein droit et sans limitation de durée, mis à disposition, à titre individuel, du président de la métropole du Grand Paris ou de l'ét…

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