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Showing 24812490 of 3182 articles for Art. CE 28 Sep 2017 n° 409770

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-3

…3 of Article 11, paragraph 5 of Article 13 and Articles 23 to 30 of the same regulation is the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The Minister for Consumer Affairs a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-8

…ir creation, the communities of communes and the communities of agglomeration of French Polynesia receive an allocation in respect of the inter-municipality grant deducted from the inter-municipality…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-166

…1, the forest assets held directly or indirectly by a forest savings company are managed in accordance with one or more approved simple management plans. If, at the time of acquisition of the assets,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: National framework revitalisation agreement

Article D1233-48-2

…redundancy(s) or the agreement(s) for collective conventional termination in all the departments concerned. Deducted from the number of terminations mentioned in the previous paragraph is the number o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Other financial provisions

Article D1271-31

When an order is placed, or at the latest on delivery, the organisation that finances all or part of a special payment instrument referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 pays the issuer the equivalent v…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-30

When corrective measures are taken under articles R. 1321-27, R. 1321-28 and R. 1321-29, consumers are informed immediately by the person responsible for water production or distribution.In the cases…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Personalised support vouchers (R)

Article R1611-6

Personalised support vouchers must be used by beneficiaries before 31 December of the year in which they are valid. Service providers present personalised support vouchers to the issuers for payment n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-13

I.-The persons authorised to access the "Gamete and Embryo Donation Register" for the purposes of consulting, recording and modifying data are: 1° Professionals from the health organisations or establ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation to authorised establishments

Article R6241-25

As part of the dematerialised service mentioned in II of Article L. 6241-2, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations: 1° Provides employers with a list of establishments authorised to collect the balanc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-16

An intern suffering from a condition on the list mentioned in article 28 of decree no. 86-442 of 14 March 1986 relating to the appointment of approved doctors, the organisation of medical committees a…

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