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Showing 59615970 of 9666 articles for Art. CE 16-11-1988 n° 47685-47741

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-18

…by the legislative provisions relating to penalties imposed in administrative matters and the enforcement of judgements by legal entities governed by public law and the Code of Administrative Justice…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to doorstep selling and the distance provision of financial services.

Article R353-1

Any person canvassing for banking and financial services as defined in article L. 341-1, with the exception of the cases mentioned in the seventh paragraph of this article, failing to provide the pers…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of housing (R).

Article R2113-15

…d communes and delegated communes. Decisions or proposed allocations by the municipal commission concerning housing located outside the municipal territory relate to a proportion of such housing equal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Prevention plan.

Article R4512-9

Each company concerned provides a list of the positions occupied by workers likely to be covered by the enhanced individual monitoring provided for by articles R. 4624-22 to R. 4624-28 or, in the case…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Objection to the hiring of apprentices

Article R6225-6

When the Prefect decides to oppose the hiring of apprentices, in application of article L. 6225-1 or article R. 6223-16, the employer may ask him to put an end to this opposition. He shall attach to h…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-12

…ions set out in article L. 421-11 and to the following conditions:-There must be no national insurance office for the territory covered;-The victims must be nationals of a State referred to in article…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L461-1

…"in Article 38 of EU Regulation No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fisheries and aquaculture products, amendin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prescription of physical activity

Article D1172-3

For patients with severe functional limitations as qualified by the prescribing doctor with reference to appendix 11-7-2, only the healthcare professionals mentioned in 1° of article D. 1172-2 are aut…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1-1

…the following shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Les dispositions du livre Ier à l'exception des articles R. 133-1, R. 133-2 (4°) et R. 135-1 à R. 135-4;L'article R. 136-1 est applicabl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approval, training and swearing-in of persons responsible for inspections.

Article R232-69

The persons responsible for testing under article L. 232-11 receive initial and ongoing training.The content of the training, the qualifications of the persons in charge and the procedures for assessi…

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