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Showing 32313240 of 21929 articles for Art. CE 12-5-2022 n° 416727

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2372-5

…decision or act contrary to this prohibition is automatically null and void. The other operating procedures of the special negotiating body are governed by articles L. 2352-9 to L. 2352-12 and L. 2352…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-5

The resources allocated to the Department of Mayotte, pursuant to IV of Article 12 of Ordinance no. 2012-576 of 26 April 2012 extending and adapting the construction and housing code and various laws…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-5

When ruling on liability, the court may order the defendant to pay an advance on the costs not included in the costs incurred by the association, including those relating to the implementation of arti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9-5

…expressed in the form of a theoretical mathematical provision for point-based schemes), as at 31 December of the previous year:1° Amount of unpaid death benefits under life insurance contracts other…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-52

…form of the issuing company; 3° The amount of share capital ; 4° The address of the registered office; 5° The date of registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register and the informati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-51

…may be seconded either at their own request or automatically.Secondment on request may only take place in one of the following cases:1° Secondment to a State administration, a State public establishme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-5

…entory of the risks of all kinds to the safety of people and property that the fire and rescue services have to deal with and determines the objectives for the coverage of these risks by the latter. I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-52

…he main forecast income statement or on one of the ancillary forecast income statements of the services and activities mentioned in article R. 6145-12 are discontinued, the previous results of the inc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-5

All the information provided for in articles R. 312-2 to R. 312-4 is presented in accordance with the information sheet referred to in article L. 312-12 and appended to this code. Before providing thi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-55-3

…quired to obtain the diploma is:70 hours for the diploma enabling the holder to work as a master of ceremonies;140 hours for the diploma enabling the holder to work as a funeral adviser or equivalent.…

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