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Showing 12011210 of 29733 articles for Art. CE 8-4-2022 n° 447694

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the national health data system

Article R1461-8

…are stored and managed by the Plateforme des données de santé and the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie, within the national health data system in tables separate from those containing the othe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies.

Article R512-49

Local authorities and public inter-municipal cooperation bodies with their own tax status may only become members of local savings companies affiliated to the savings and provident institution operati…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval of training centres

Article D211-86

…mitted to the relevant sports federation by the sports association or company to which the training centre is attached.The federation submits applications for approval submitted in application of arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-8

Infringements of the provisions of articles L. 761-5 and L. 761-7 as well as the provisions adopted in application of these articles shall be recorded and prosecuted under the conditions laid down by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-8

…in the first two paragraphs of Article L. 2242-8, by any means capable of establishing a date of receipt, a reasoned notification of the rate of penalty applied to it, within two months of the date o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article D2231-8

Declarations of accession or denunciation, made in application of articles L. 2261-3 and L. 2261-9, are deposited, in accordance with the procedures laid down in article D. 2231-4 and in 1 o of articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 L

…real estate security contribution is levied shall give rise to the collection of a contribution reduced by half, subject to the provisions of Article 881 M :1° Where they involve the low-income housin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Samples taken from a living person.

Article R1211-8

The health establishment which carries out the removal or collection shall bear the costs of examinations and treatment prescribed with a view to removal, all hospital costs, including the lump sum re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-8

The decisions of the Autorité de la concurrence referred to in Articles L. 462-8, L. 464-2, L. 464-3, L. 464-6, L. 464-6-1 et L. 752-27 are notified to the parties involved and to the Minister for the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contract notices for contracts awarded in accordance with a formal procedure

Article R2331-8

For contracts awarded in accordance with one of the formalised procedures listed in articles R. 2324-2 to R. 2324-4, the purchaser shall publish a contract notice in the Official Journal of the Europe…

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