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Showing 11411150 of 18855 articles for Art. CE 8-7-2005 n° 253291

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Counting of remote electronic votes

Article R2122-78

On the last day of the postal vote count, the chairman and assessors of the polling station count the remote electronic votes in public. To this end, they activate two of the three counting keys menti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Counting of remote electronic votes

Article R2122-79

If the voter has used both voting methods, only the electronic vote is retained.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-720

…6152-1 may benefit from an extension of their activity under the conditions and according to the procedures set out in articles R. 6152-424 to R. 6152-427.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-719

…born before 1st July 1951; 2° 65 years and 4 months for those born between 1st July 1951 and 31st December 1951; 3° 65 years and 9 months for those born in 1952; 4° 66 years and 2 months for those bor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Maximum number of apprentices

Article R6223-8

…ion with the national professional advisory committee competent for the branch in question, may set ceilings for simultaneous employment, different from that provided for in the first paragraph of art…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 781

Any person who, by assuming a false name or capacity, has had an extract from the criminal record of a third party issued to them is punishable by a fine of €7,500. Any person who has provided imagina…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article L432-8

…withdrawal, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 432-7, of his temporary or multi-annual residence permit may, within three years of this expulsion decision, be refused the right to work in France…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-8

The Board of Directors shall adopt its rules of procedure. A financial committee is set up within the Board of Directors to prepare the Board's work on points 4° to 10° of Article R. 823-7. An order o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-8

However, for the application of article LO 6471-7, a budget is not considered to be out of balance if its operating section includes or recovers a surplus and its investment section is in real balance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Practitioners of French nationality residing abroad.

Article R4112-8

…he doctors, dental surgeons and midwives mentioned in article R. 4112-7 who wish to practise in France apply to be entered on the roll of the medical association of the department of their new residen…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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