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Showing 63216330 of 10834 articles for Art. CE 24-10-2014 n° 366962

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-194

…ties of transcribing, recording and drawing up the forms provided for in this paragraph take the place of the transcriptions and recordings mentioned in article R. 5132-10.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Foreign workers.

Article R5523-12

For seafarers, the authorisations referred to in article R. 5523-10 are issued by the maritime authority under the conditions laid down in the Maritime Labour Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Monitoring and penalties.

Article L363-4

Where an insurance or reinsurance undertaking operating within the territory of the French Republic under the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment does not comply with the rules…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health and the environment

Article L1533-1

…rritories subject to the following adaptations: 1° In Articles L. 1333-8 and L. 1333-30, the reference to Chapter I of Title V of Book IV of Part IV of the Labour Code is replaced by the reference to…

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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. 811-5

Article R811-28-2

…tions of articles R. 811-28-3 and R. 811-28-4, which may not be less than thirty months, in the office of a court-appointed administrator registered on the list referred to in article L. 811-2. The tr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Loan guarantees.

Article D2573-27

…I. - The net amount of annual debt payments mentioned in Article L. 2252-1 is equal to the difference between the total amount of sums entered:1° In expenditure for the repayment of loan capital and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-15

…ut an assignment within the company for three years. Holders of shares to be converted into preference shares of the class to be created may not, on pain of nullity of the deliberation, take part in t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum capital requirement

Article R352-29

I.-The Minimum Capital Requirement shall be calculated in accordance with the following principles:a) It shall be calculated in a clear and simple manner, and in such a way that the calculation can be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-16

…ms of equality between women and men within its territory.II. - The report sets out the human resources policy of the municipality or grouping in terms of professional equality between women and men.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-19

…between women and men in the Corsican regional authority. II.-The report describes the human resources policy of the Corsican regional authority with regard to professional equality between women and…

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