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Showing 24012410 of 3129 articles for Art. CA Colmar – 22 Nov. 2023 – no. 22/00551

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article D814-3-1

…re required to draw up annual accounts under the conditions defined in Articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-22, persons exercising the profession of judicial administrator or judicial representative shall com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4412-59

…activities in which workers are exposed or are likely to be exposed in the course of their work to carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic chemical agents. They do not preclude special measures taken b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Interministerial Committee for the Fight against Drugs and Addictive Behaviour

Article D3411-12

…8° The Minister for Defence; 9° The Minister for the Economy and Finance; 10° The Minister for Education; 11° The Minister for Higher Education; 12° The Minister for Industry; 13° The Minister for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Cross-medical benefits

Article R6133-11

For the application of the fourth paragraph ofarticle L. 6133-6, medical procedures performed by medical professionals for patients covered by private establishments mentioned in d and e ofarticle L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Borrowings

Article D6145-72-1

Public health care institutions may sell receivables at a discount, solely in respect of the income due to the institution by the health insurance scheme in respect of the valuation of activity provid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L3321-1

…2 and contributions to the pension schemes for elected representatives pursuant to Articles L. 3123-22 à L. 3123-24;4° The contribution to the Centre national de la fonction publique territoriale;5° T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5842-6

…11-19, with the exception of the second paragraph, a, b and c, Article R. 5211-20, Articles R. 5211-22 to R. 5211-33, Article R. 5211-35, Article R. 5211-36, with the exception of its second paragraph…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-12-7

By application of the provisions of article 706-75 of the code of criminal procedure, the judicial courts and assize courts designated in the table below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts de…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-1

…and conditions laid down by decree. The decision to classify a furnished tourist accommodation in a category, based on criteria set out in a classification table drawn up by the body referred to in ar…

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

Article L2123-14

…cle L. 2123-12 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocated to members of the municipal council pursuant to articles L. 2123-23, L. 2123-24, L. 2123-24-1…

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