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Showing 40514060 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-54

…of decree no. 73-138 of 12 February 1973 implementing the law of 1 August 1905 on fraud and falsification with regard to the processes and products used for cleaning materials and objects intended to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE ASSIGNED RESIDENCE

Article L731-5

The administrative authority may, as a probationary and exceptional measure, place under house arrest a foreign national who is the subject of an expulsion decision issued pursuant to article L. 631-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-5

…n practices defined by order of the Minister for Health may be authorised to dispense gases for medical use at home, under the responsibility of a pharmacist registered with the Ordre des pharmaciens…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R310-5

Securities of any kind, prospectuses, posters, circulars, plates, printed matter and all other documents intended for distribution to the public or published by a company mentioned in 1°, 3° and 4° of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formal notice prior to the official report.

Article L4721-5

…t prior formal notice, when the facts they observe present a serious or imminent danger to the physical integrity of workers. The report shall specify the factual circumstances and the legal provision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article L6241-5

To the local authority's public service delegation agreements transmitted by application of 4° of Article LO 6241-2 to the State representative within fifteen days of their signature, the president of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article L6341-5

To the local authority's public service delegation agreements transmitted by application of 4° of Article LO 6341-2 to the State representative within fifteen days of their signature, the president of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R4313-5

…and downloading;3° Their conformity with the documents submitted to the deliberative body of this local authority;4° Their proper preservation and integrity.This online availability takes place within…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-5

…nt parts of the territory provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 4433-7 is drawn up at a scale of between 1:50,000 and 1:100,000, with the exception of the sparsely populated areas of French…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: The full quality assurance system

Article R4313-54

…ation of corrective measures; 3° Special conditions linked to the approval of the system; 4° Significant changes in the organization of the production process, measures or techniques. Where appropriat…

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