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Showing 461470 of 20783 articles for Art. CE 17-5-1999 n° 188870

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-17

The municipality draws up the list of bathing waters for the following bathing season, based on a summary of the comments made by the public, the responses from the registrants of bathing facilities a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and operation

Article R5112-17

…2° The Departmental Director of Health and Social Affairs; 3° The regional director of prison services; 4° Elected representatives of local and regional authorities and their groupings, including a m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions applicable to property damage caused by mining.

Article L421-17

I.-Any person who owns a property that has suffered damage since 1st September 1998 as a result of current or past mining activity while it was occupied as their main residence shall be compensated fo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-17

The Chief Executive Officer :1° Prepares the decisions of the Board of Directors and ensures that they are implemented;2° Prepares the programme of activities and ensures that it runs smoothly;3° Prep…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1788 A

…ts.The fine is increased to €1,500 if the statement is not filed within thirty days of a formal notice;b. Failure to present or keep the registers, the duplicate invoices or documents in lieu thereof…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to legal entities and establishments open to the public implementing the exception

Article R122-17

…have provided in support of their application.II. - Listed legal persons and establishments that receive adapted documents or make them available to a beneficiary person or other authorised entity es…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use of funds by skills operators to pay for work-linked training, personal training accounts and skills development for companies with fewer than fifty employees

Article L6332-17

…cipation of an employee or volunteer on a jury for an examination or validation of acquired experience in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by branch agreement. The related expenses c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-17

…atus of provisions;3° Presentation of the methods used for depreciation;4° Presentation of the balance of financial operations;5° Presentation of the status of charges transferred to investment;6° Pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Collection of labile blood products.

Article R1222-17

…on of taking charge of the collection involves selecting the donor and monitoring the collection process.This function is carried out by staff authorised by the Etablissement Français du Sang or the A…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-17

…of the efforts made by exhibitors to promote quality arthouse programming, train and develop audience loyalty, and organise events around their arthouse programming, in relation to the material resou…

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