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Showing 76117620 of 39264 articles for Art. CE 3-7-2009 n° 293154

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-34

…n provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 6211-2-1, as it read prior to the entry into force of amended Order No 2010-49 of 13 January 2010 relating to medical biology, shall be sent by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5511-3

…ads as follows:"Art. L. 5125-4. - In municipalities with a population of 15,000 or more, only one licence may be issued for each whole block of 7,000 inhabitants counted.In municipalities with a popul…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Accessibility obligations

Article L314-32

…ded for in articles L. 312-13, L. 312-28 and L. 313-24 that it provides to its customers meet the accessibility requirements for disabled persons set out in article L. 412-13.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of the third paragraph of article L. 3142-7, the employee shall inform the employer at the time of requesting the leave by any means giving a date certain of the fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 3

Heading 3-Expenses relating to the performance of elective or representative duties31. Allowances 311. Functional allowance of a local elected representative 3111. First payment 1. Deliberation settin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes.

Article R123-37

…her surname, customary name, pseudonym, first names and personal domicile;2° His or her date and place of birth;3° His or her nationality;4° Where applicable, that he or she has made a declaration of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-3

…ate ; 2° Financial securities guaranteed by a State; 3° Financial securities issued by the European Central Bank or the central bank of a State; 4° Financial securities issued by institutions of the E…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…terms, the following information:1° The identity of the supplier, the address of its registered office, its unique identification number and the words RCS followed by the name of the town where the re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-3

I.-Access to personal data in the national health data system may only be authorised for the purposes of processing:1° Contributing to a purpose mentioned in III of Article L. 1461-1 and meeting a pub…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Slaughter health fees

Article 302 bis P

The fee referred to in article 302 bis N is established and recovered according to the same rules, under the same guarantees, privileges and penalties as for value added tax.

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