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Showing 86518660 of 9666 articles for Art. CE 16-11-1988 n° 47685-47741

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-25

…borough mayor. The arrondissement mayor is elected from within the arrondissement council. The offices of mayor of the municipality or of mayor of Paris and of arrondissement mayor are incompatible.T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Local missions for the professional and social integration of young people.

Article L5314-2

…or the professional and social integration of young people, as part of their public employment service mission, aim to help young people aged 16 to 25 to resolve all the problems posed by their profes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-7

…and private health establishments transmit the nominative medical data required to analyse and invoice their activity to the doctor in charge of medical information for the establishment under conditi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation and content of the shared medical file

Article R1111-40

…red medical record referred to in article L. 1111-14 is created by the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie when the digital health space referred to in article L. 1111-13-1 is opened. The holder i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-30

…invest up to 20% of its assets in equities and debt securities of a single issuer where, in accordance with the fund rules or the SICAV's articles of association, the investment policy of the general…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disclosure of leasing transactions.

Article R313-14

…n that would have been recorded in respect of previous financial years;4° The valuation at the balance sheet date of royalties still to be paid and the residual purchase price of these assets stipulat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee

Article R1413-23

…e Board of Directors, the Scientific Advisory Board or a committee of experts, the Agency's compliance officer appointed pursuant to article L. 1451-4, the Agency's Chief Executive Officer or any othe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-79

Staff representation on the Agency and Working Conditions Committee is as follows: 1° For the representatives appointed by the first college: a) Up to 15 employees: one member and one alternate; b) Fr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article R812-18-2

…tions of articles R. 812-18-3 and R. 812-18-4, which may not be less than thirty months, in the office of a judicial representative registered on the list referred to in article L. 812-2. The trainee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-35

The work of the statutory auditor relating to the certification of the accounts of a public interest entity shall be subject to an independent review prior to the signing of the reports provided for i…

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