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Showing 44214430 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R6113-41

…ntrol Authority and the Accounting Officer attend meetings of the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity. The Managing Director of the Agency, the Chairman of the Steering Committee and the Chairm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of elections.

Article L2314-5

Trade union organisations which meet the criteria of respect for republican values and independence, which have been legally constituted for at least two years and whose professional and geographical…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-5

…e settlement of debts may relate to deadlines, remissions and conversions into securities giving or capable of giving access to capital. They are, as and when they are drawn up and under the supervisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4112-5

…esident appoints a rapporteur. The practitioner concerned, the departmental council and, where applicable, the national council are convened by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, which…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Co-contractor established in France

Article D8222-5

…a private individual who meets the conditions laid down in article D. 8222-4, he is deemed to have carried out the checks required by article L. 8222-1 if he obtains from his co-contractor, at the ti…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Production

Article 416

…tomary:Vinified directly by the harvesting producers and made exclusively from their harvests of muscat, grenache, macabéo or malvoisie; however, harvests obtained from plots planted with up to 10% of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Provisions specific to the communes of Marseille and Lyon

Article R2513-5

…a civil security mission within the meaning of the article L721-2 of the internal security code.It carries out the missions mentioned in article L. 1424-2, in accordance with the provisions of articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation

Article R4211-55

I.-Establishments applying for the authorisation required to carry out the activities mentioned in article R. 4211-53 appoint a responsible person and one or more interim responsible persons to replac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-21

I.-The National Council sets the deadlines for receipt of applications, taking into account the complexity of the contract and the time required by economic operators to prepare their applications. Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Traders.

Article R128-5

…register of commerce and companies, the registrar responsible for keeping this register, where applicable informed by the registrar of the commercial court that has ordered the removal or by the publi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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