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Showing 76817690 of 9666 articles for Art. CE 16-11-1988 n° 47685-47741

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant

Article D4241-6

Candidates providing evidence of professional experience duly certified by the employer, acquired either under the third paragraph of article L. 663 of the present code in its version prior to 22 June…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contractualised support pathway to employment and independence

Article R5131-13

…y-four consecutive months. Following a contractual support pathway towards employment and independence, the support referred to in article L. 5131-3 may, where appropriate, be continued under a youth…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10: Tax evasion

Article 1740 B

…by a flagrante fiscale report, mentioned in I to I ter of Article L. 16-0 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, shall result in the application of a fine equal to €5,000.The amount of this fine is increa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-17

I.-The categories of personal data recorded in the processing mentioned in article R. 2143-16 are: 1° In the case of persons born of medically assisted procreation with a third-party donor: a) Data re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-15

…ied in the post of hospital practitioner, taking into account :1° The legal length of national service and compulsory military service, in accordance with the rules applicable to civil servants;2° Hos…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495

I.-The public prosecutor may decide to use the simplified ordonnance pénale procedure for the offences referred to in II of this article where it is clear from the criminal investigation that the char…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L313-2

…granted to legal persons governed by public law; 2° Those intended, in any form whatsoever, to finance a professional activity, in particular that of natural or legal persons who, on a regular basis,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 910

…entary dispositions in favour of foundations, congregations and associations with the capacity to receive donations and, in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, public religious establi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-7

…r mentioned in I of article L. 111-7 specifies the referencing, dereferencing and classification procedures in a specific section. This section is directly and easily accessible from all pages of the…

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

Article L2334-7-3

In 2014, the amount of the flat-rate allowance for municipalities in mainland France and the overseas departments, with the exception of those in the Department of Mayotte, is reduced by €588 million.…

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