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Showing 55015510 of 8385 articles for Art. CE 26-11-1982 n° 30956

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-7

…ions listed in article D. 5427-4 draw up an operating account, a profit and loss account and a balance sheet. After approval of these documents by the Board of Directors, a copy is sent to the departm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ban on recruiting new apprentices

Article R6225-12

…6251-1, will be notified without delay: 1° The decision to prohibit the recruitment of new apprentices, taken in application of article L. 6225-6 ; 2° The decision to lift the ban on recruiting new a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Holiday pay

Article R7213-12

In the event of dismissal, resignation or death of the employee, the indemnities provided for in articles R. 7213-9 to R. 7213-11 are payable under the conditions determined by articles L. 3141-28 to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-12

…may take biological samples intended to reveal the use of prohibited methods or to detect the presence of prohibited substances in the body. Only the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 and who are…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

I.-The following offences are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros:1° Any person prescribing veterinary medicinal products or medicated feedstuffs to animals for which the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations

Article R123-122

…The following shall be entered automatically in the register: 1° Decisions, taken in safeguard or receivership or judicial liquidation proceedings for companies opened on or after 1 January 2006: a) O…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-14-1

…graphic ratio mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article L. 2334-13. It is distributed in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.III. - Communes in metropolitan Fra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…m the protection against dismissal provided for in this chapter, including during a safeguarding, receivership or compulsory liquidation procedure: 1° Délégué syndical ; 2° Membre élu à la délégation…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-21

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 :1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7,9 to 18,21,22,29,36,38,45 and 48 of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Counc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies GE

…onetary and Financial Code made pursuant to the legislative and regulatory provisions of the Insurance Code, the Mutual Insurance Code or the Social Security Code that govern them are not taken into a…

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