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Showing 45514560 of 35258 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 16-D-24 du 8 Nov 2016

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Inspections and disputes.

Article D5424-45

Collective disputes arising from the application of this section, with the exception of salaried employees employed by the State, are submitted to a joint conciliation commission. This commission is m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Inspections and disputes.

Article D5424-44

The employer shall at all times present to the auditors of the paid leave funds the pay slips to enable them to check the accuracy of the amount of wages used to calculate the contribution, as well as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Home peritoneal dialysis.

Article D6124-90

The provisions of this sub-section do not apply to the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the first fraction (R).

Article R1614-83

The following expenditure is also eligible for an allocation under the first part of the special assistance scheme: a) Furnishings and equipment; b) Furnishings and equipment as well as the fitting ou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-87

…classified as narcotics, are manufactured from narcotics or give rise to the formation of narcotics during their manufacture or, in the case of drug dependence or abuse as defined in article R. 5132-9…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Fire insurance.

Article L122-8

…tablished that the insured has not complied with the obligations arising from articles L131-4, L131-8, L131-12, L131-14 to L131-18, L134-4 to L134-12, L135-2, L162-2, L163-4 to L163-6 of the new Frenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-82

…ecord, at the time of the operation and thereafter, in the register provided for in article R. 5132-81 or to record using the computer system provided for in the same article : 1° The operations carri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

…n of judicial representative or a profession provided for in titre IV bis of the aforementioned law n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 or the acquisition of premises for this practice. An agent may also a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional transplant activities referred to in Article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code

Article R6123-84

…e la biomédecine or his representative; 6° The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or his representative; 7° The Director General of the Union d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Customs detention

Article L716-8

…der. The public prosecutor shall also be informed of the said measure by the customs administration.During the notification referred to in the first sentence of the second paragraph of this article, t…

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