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Showing 68716880 of 8111 articles for Art. CE 27-12-2022 n° 464505

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3152-4

…ts which are of a collective and compulsory nature determined within the framework of one of the procedures mentioned inarticle L. 911-1 of the Social Security Code. In this case, the rights correspon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L4223-1

…for pharmacists without meeting the conditions required by this Book constitutes the illegal practice of the profession of pharmacist. Illegal practice is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R391-1

…by Decree no. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010 , is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, with the exception of Section 2 of Chapter III, Title II, Articles R. 324-4 and R. 334-48, Section 10 of Chapte…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-24

…ematical provision, on the other hand, has been less than 0.9 for three financial years, the insurance undertaking shall draw up a convergence plan designed to re-establish a ratio of 1 within a perio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Lyon Metropolitan Area

Article L3641-8

The metropolis of Lyon is automatically substituted, for the competences set out in articles L. 3641-1 et L. 3641-2, to the syndicat de communes or the syndicat mixte whose perimeter is identical to i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-11-3

…ernational Settlements and shall exchange with them such information as is relevant to the performance of their tasks. To this end, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, at the req…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-30

…invest up to 20% of its assets in equities and debt securities of a single issuer where, in accordance with the fund rules or the SICAV's articles of association, the investment policy of the general…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article R532-8-1

…the proposed acquisition has sound and prudent management and taking into account the likely influence of the proposed acquirer on the investment firm:1° The reputation of the proposed acquirer ;2° Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-20

…ncil indicates: 1° The name and company name of the legal entity managing the establishment or service; 2° The type of establishment or service in accordance with II of article R. 2324-17 ; 3° The cap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products reserved for hospital use

Article R5121-83

…r or, by delegation of the latter, a manager of an internal structure of the department, with the exception of functional units; 2° The dispensing of the medicinal product is reserved for the in-house…

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