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Showing 95419550 of 26790 articles for Art. CE 5-6-2020 n° 423066

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-6

…n (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories with regard to compliance with clearing, notification…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-6

…ar. This leave may only be granted to attend a training course or a session organised by one of the centres or institutes on a list drawn up every three years by the Minister for Health. The employee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-2

…d contracts, subject to the provisions of this section. It may provide for periods without performance of the assignment. These periods are treated as actual working time for the purposes of determini…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R22-10-5

…any; 3° The amount of share capital to be subscribed; 4° The intended address of the registered office; > 5° The object of the company, briefly stated; > The date and place of incorporation 6° The dat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART SIX

Article Annexe 61-2

…1M....... carries out a self-employed activity in...... (mention the department where the person concerned carries out his activity), under the conditions set out in articles L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-6 an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-6

…children. The judge may take measures to guarantee the continuity and effectiveness of the maintenance of the child's ties with each of his parents. In particular, he may order a ban on the child leav…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-5-1

…ue of the diversification reserve unit, which is subject to fluctuations upwards and downwards.When certain deductions cannot be determined when the notice is provided, it is indicated in very clear l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Job search.

Article L5411-6-1

A personalised employment access project is drawn up and updated jointly by the jobseeker and Pôle emploi or, where provided for in an agreement with Pôle emploi, an organisation participating in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article D1112-67-1

…2-6 of the Social Security Code provide their patients, following a stay or the provision of a service, with a document designed to inform them of the amount of the services they have received.This do…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-13

…of the College provided for in article L. 1142-24-5 specifies, for each head of loss, the circumstances, causes, nature and extent of the damage suffered and its assessment of the liabilities incurred…

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