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Showing 16311640 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-53

…of Article L. 431-14 is presented to the Committee by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance and submitted for approval to the ministers concerned.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Revenue

Article L2573-55

I.-Articles L. 2335-1, L. 2335-2 and L. 2335-16 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II.-.For the application of Article L. 2335-9:1° In the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Maintenance and operation of facilities

Article R1321-55

…cro-organisms, parasites or substances constituting a potential danger to human health or likely to cause a deterioration in the quality of the water intended for human consumption distributed, such t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Maintenance and operation of facilities

Article R1321-56

…er is maintained before it is put into service for the first time and after any operation likely to cause a deterioration in this quality. The tanks in these networks and installations must be emptied…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Maintenance and operation of facilities

Article R1321-57

…ct grants an exemption, be supplied with water from a resource that has not been authorised in application of article L. 1321-7. They must not, as a result of the conditions in which they are used, pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Maintenance and operation of facilities

Article R1321-59

It is forbidden to use internal water pipes to earth electrical appliances.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Maintenance and operation of facilities

Article R1321-58

The piezometric height of the water distributed by the indoor networks mentioned in 3° of article R. 1321-43 must, for each network and at any point where it is made available, be at least equal to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article D775-5

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments

Article R4211-59

…the authorisation holder; 2° Appointment of a new responsible person; 3° Cessation of a pharmaceutical activity or operation in the establishment. II - Within one month of their implementation, chang…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments

Article R4211-58

…are subject to authorisation by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° A new activity, among those mentioned in article L. 4211-9-2 ; 2…

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