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Showing 43814390 of 9058 articles for Art. CE 24-11-2017 n° 396209

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-320

Elections for staff representatives are held either electronically via the internet in accordance with the conditions set out in decree no. 2017-1811 of 28 December 2017 on the conditions and procedur…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-23

The provisions of article A. 811-24 are applicable to judicial representatives.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Resources and means

Article L1233-6

…s and actions supported by the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion by supplementing, the resources usually implemented as part of the agency's missions by State services and by any legal entity c…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-1

Persons or entities that have not been authorised to do so by law are prohibited from making a public offer, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, of financial securities…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-5

The holder of evidence of formal qualifications as a pharmacist issued by a Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who: 1° On 1 June 2…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-41

The notice of transfer provided for in article 20 de la loi n° 65-557 du 10 juillet 1965 fixant le statut de la copropriété des immeubles bâtis is given to the managing agent by the liquidator.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article A762-18

The right to object provided for in article 38 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés ne s'applique pas au traitement automatisé.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2441-1

…in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decrees No. 2006-1661 of 22 December 2006, No. 2014-32 of 14 January 2014 and No. 2017-808 of 5 May 2017, with the exception of Ar…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28

I.-The rules set out in articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in I of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of I of arti…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L2511-38

…to L. 2511-21, L. 2511-24, L. 2511-26 and L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-31.The local development grant finances, in particular, expenditure relating to information for residents of the arrondissement, local d…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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