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Showing 72717280 of 8536 articles for Art. CE 27-11-2019 n° 418379

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-19

…inistrative authority grants the application for renewal, it may authorise all or part of this balance to be carried over to the new programme. If the agreement is not renewed, this authority will sen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution

Article R6332-64

A training insurance fund for non-salaried workers is intended to receive the contribution of self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and self-employed workers provided for in articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions for authorisation to carry out certain sampling procedures

Article R6213-12

…not meet any of the conditions mentioned in article R. 6213-11 may only carry out the following procedures with a view to medical biology examinations, if they also prove that they hold the correspon…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

The following may provide investment services within the limits of the legislative provisions which, where applicable, govern them, without being subject to the authorisation procedure provided for in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 258 A

I. - By way of derogation from the provisions of I of Article 258: 1° The place of supply of goods dispatched or transported from France to another Member State in the context of intra-Community dista…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…enewal of a temporary employee's assignment by the temporary employment contractor may only take place after authorisation by the labour inspector when the employee holds one of the following mandates…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-18

…e of the Conseil d'Etat:1° The conditions under which any undertaking comprising at least one pharmaceutical establishment must be owned by a pharmacist or by a company in whose management or directio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

…f the Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile (Code on the Entry and Residence of Foreigners and the Right of Asylum), as well as members of their families holding a residence…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies C

…that is located on the territory of one or more member municipalities, and the collection of the proceeds of these taxes. I bis. - I is applicable to communities of communes which, before 31 December…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

…hological or physical subjection, exercise the rights conferred on a civil party in respect of offences against the human species, wilful or involuntary attacks on the life or physical or psychologica…

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