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Showing 48414850 of 37258 articles for Art. CE 10-3-2020 n° 427104

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-393

…tablishment shall notify the practitioner of his decision, by any means capable of providing a date certain, at least two months before the end of the current period.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-391

A contractual practitioner who wishes to extend his working life must submit a request to this effect to the director of the establishment in which he wishes to work, at least six months before the da…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-38

…etween the company and a company are also subject to prior authorisation if the chief executive officer, one of the deputy chief executive officers or one of the directors of the company is the owner,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-3

…ons of each member's liability for the company's commitments.II. - The capital subscribed may not receive interest in excess of that mentioned in article 14 of the law of 10 September 1947 on the stat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Action.

Article 32-1

…dilatory or abusive manner may be ordered to pay a civil fine of up to 10,000 euros, without prejudice to any damages that may be claimed.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-11

…acknowledge the child. Filiation is established, with regard to the woman giving birth, in accordance with article 311-25. It is established, with regard to the other woman, by the joint acknowledgem…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-39

The correspondence sent by the insurer in application of articles R. 211-37 and R. 211-38 shall mention, in addition to the information provided for in article L. 211-10, the name of the person respon…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Transitional provisions relating to the solvency margin.

Article R334-32

…10-10-1, which comply with the same provisions, may obtain from the Autorité de contrôle des assurances et des mutuelles the removal of restrictive measures, such as mortgages, deposits or sureties, w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L3334-3

Each département receives a lump-sum allocation.I. - From 2015, each département's lump-sum allocation is equal to the amount received the previous year in respect of this allocation. For each departm…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-3

The following are excluded from defence or security contracts: 1° Persons who have been convicted of one of the offences provided for in Articles 226-13, 222-52 to 222-59 and 413-10 to 413-12 of the F…

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