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Showing 941950 of 35258 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 16-D-24 du 8 Nov 2016

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-24

…g a public function ; - fraud; - breach of trust; - violation of a burial site or breach of respect due to the dead; - theft; - indecent assault or sexual assault; - concealment; - intentional assault…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Safeguard measures

Article R385-24

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution temporarily suspends, restricts or prohibits the free disposal of all or part of the assets of a supplementary occupational retirement fund, a…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-24

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will give his decision within three months of receipt of the complete application by his departments. If…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-24

…section are specified, on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, by order of the Minister for Health.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-24

I.-Tobacco product manufacturers and importers shall enter into a contract for the storage of data accessible through the unique identifier with an independent third party, for the purpose of hosting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-24

The declaration period set pursuant to article L. 622-26 is two months from the publication of the opening judgment in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales. The same period appli…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-24

The list of acts performed by the trainee provided for in article R. 812-18-2 is given in II of Annex 8-1-1 to this book.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-24

…e taken into account for the application of this article is that defined in article L. 2334-2.In 2008, this revenue is subject to a levy of €30 million, paid into the fund set up by the V of Article 3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-24

…ce enforcement court may at any time appoint a doctor to verify that the implementation of the procedure mentioned in article R. 544-7 du code pénitentiaire is not harmful to the person's health. This…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R512-24

The Board of Directors of the Confédération Nationale du Crédit Mutuel may impose one of the following sanctions on a member of the Crédit Mutuel who breaches the regulations in force: 1° A warning ;…

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