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Showing 53415350 of 8385 articles for Art. CE 26-11-1982 n° 30956

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-9

The authorisation of bodies and establishments covers : 1° Issuing universal employment-service vouchers ; 2° Reimbursement of these special payment vouchers, under the conditions set out in articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Fire and rescue service administrative board and fire and rescue service administrative and technical committee (R)

Article R1424-2

In the six months preceding the renewal of the representatives of the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation, the Board of Directors deliberates on: a) The distributi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1413-2

…er to carry out its missions, the National Public Health Agency may in particular: 1° Acquire the necessary movable and immovable property; 2° Allocate, from its own budget, grants, loans or advances…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-170

…any or organisation exploiting an authorised or registered medicinal product or product, in accordance with the procedure laid down in 1° of Articles R. 5121-26 and R. 5121-28 and in Article R. 5121-9…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-3-2

…31-11, by personal intervention not requiring the use of an existing technological application, device or component, designed or specially adapted for this purpose, with the aim of infringing a copyri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-25-1

…t equal to the average of the sums allocated for the last three financial years. For the Ile-de-France departments, deductions set at 50% and 25% respectively of the sums calculated in accordance with…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil liability insurance relating to a space operation

Article L176-1

Insurance contracts to cover civil liability relating to a space operation are governed by the provisions of Articles L. 175-4, L. 175-8, L. 175-11 to L. 175-15, L. 175-18, L. 175-19, L. 175-21, L. 17…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-198

…result in a reduction in capital. Shares that have been fully amortised are referred to as "jouissance" shares.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L652-2

…y; 3° In Article L. 632-1, the words: "judicial court of the chief town of the department" are replaced by the words: "territorially competent judicial court".

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.

Article L625-7

…ebts arising from an employment contract are guaranteed in the event of the opening of safeguard proceedings: 1° By the lien established by Articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15 of the…

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