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Showing 46014610 of 9058 articles for Art. CE 24-11-2017 n° 396209

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article R628-6

…ticle R. 621-24, before the expiry of which the juge-commissaire may not appoint an auditor, is reduced to fifteen days.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-16-3

Subsections 2 and 3 of this section apply to class 2 and class 3 investment firms under the conditions defined in Article L. 533-24-2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms and conditions of access

Article R4451-30

Access to areas defined in accordance with articles R. 4451-24 and R. 4451-28 is restricted to workers classified in accordance with article R. 4451-57.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Working hours

Article R6222-25

Night work by apprentices under the age of eighteen, carried out under the conditions set out in article R. 6222-24, is the responsibility of the apprentice master.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L462-1

…RTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 431-2, L. 453-1 and L. 453-9 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50 ter

…nditions set out in the first paragraph of Article 706 are recruited as contract agents. The décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 relatif aux dispositions générales applicables aux agents non titulaires…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to municipalities resulting from a merger with 100,000 inhabitants or less

Article R2113-22

…000 inhabitants under the conditions referred to in article L. 2113-26 as it read prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010de réforme des collectivités territoriales.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5223-3

The advertising of certain devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746, the failure of which is likely to cause a serious risk to health and the list of which is set by order of the Min…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 octies

…on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the verification of compliance with food law, feed law, animal health and welfare rules, plant health rules and plant protection…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L773-5

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 511-35 Ordinance no. 2020-1142 of 16 September 2020 L. 511-36 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 511-37 Order 2…

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