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Showing 29412950 of 26790 articles for Art. CE 5-6-2020 n° 423066

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-5

…ons responsible for waste collection and treatment, public bodies and professional organisations concerned, eco-organisations and approved environmental protection associations;9° The regional committ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exclusion of specialised cinemas

Article D311-6

…on of a cinema provided that the majority of its programming, during the cinematographic quarter preceding that in which the option is exercised, consists of cinematographic or audiovisual works or do…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section unique : Le conseil des sites de Corse

Article R4421-6

The members of the first college of the sites council are appointed by the Prefect of Corsica.The members of the second college are appointed by the President of the Executive Council of Corsica.The m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-64-1

…nts and contractual employees under public and private law carrying out tasks within a sports resources, expertise and performance centre that fall within the remit of the State, in application of art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1244-5

…separately, whatever the medium. Only the practitioners mentioned in the previous paragraph have access to it for the purposes mentioned in the first paragraph. The donor's file and the identificatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article R626-64

…draft plan, the affected party, who voted against the draft plan and who intends to contest compliance with the condition provided for in 4° of Article L. 626-31 or the fifth or tenth paragraph of Art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Special commercial courts.

Article R732-5

The provisions of article R. 721-6 are applicable to the mixed commercial court.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-5

Failure to provide the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2, as part of the due diligence measures provided for in Section 3 of Chapter I of Title VI, or failure to declare to the Trade and Compani…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope, quality limits and references.

Article R1321-5

The quality limits and references defined in articles R. 1321-2 and R. 1321-3 must be respected or met at the following points of compliance: 1° For water supplied by a distribution network, at the po…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual authorisation

Article R7124-5

…ection of health and morals; 5° Whether arrangements have been made to ensure normal school attendance; 6° Whether the child's family or carers are able to supervise the child effectively, particularl…

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