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Showing 48814890 of 7796 articles for Art. CE 29-12-1995 n° 118754

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L7121-16

For an artistic agent holding a live performance contractor's licence and producing a live performance to receive a commission from all the artists making up the cast of the performance, in breach of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article R1613-13

The State representative establishes the total amount of subsidies likely to be granted to local authorities and groupings in the same département based on the assessment of eligible damage in light o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for special local procedural acts in the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-40

If, from the customer's request, they are effected within less than 24 hours, the service and summonses mentioned in article A. 444-39 (numbers 144 to 146 of table 3-2) shall give rise to the collecti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article D4221-7

…2° A test of practical knowledge. An order of the Minister for Health sets the organisational procedures for the knowledge verification tests.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Installation and operation

Article R5126-73

In compliance with the provisions of articles R. 5126-12 and R. 5126-13, the internal-use pharmacy may be authorised to have premises located in any place dependent on the department or organisation t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R79

…6° To those dealing with applications for authorisation to bring a foreign female employee into France; 7° To judges appointed to supervise the commercial register in connection with applications for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Medicinal products initially prescribed in hospitals

Article R5121-88

…of a health establishment, or, subject, in these cases, to his marketing authorisation, his early access authorisation under 1° of II of article L. 5121-12-12-1 or the compassionate access authorisati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-18

…ted for the invoicing of water and sanitation by the delegatee of a public water or sanitation service includes the elements necessary for the preparation of invoices, receipts and accounting document…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article R314-3

PART I: Basic equation expressing the equivalence of loans, on the one hand, and repayments and charges, on the other. The basic equation, which defines the annual percentage rate of charge (APR), exp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 412-4

…a specific work, this work must: 1° Not be a music video or a series episode; 2° Not have been produced as part of an initial or further training course; 3° Have obtained a cinematographic exhibition…

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