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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-20

An order of the Minister responsible for consumer affairs shall, where necessary, lay down the procedures by which the alerts referred to in articles D. 224-18 and D. 224-19 may be voluntarily made av…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisation and operation

Article R4641-20

The Regional Committee meets at least once a year in plenary session. It also meets at the initiative of its chairman or at the request of at least half of the representatives of the college of social…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-20

The most representative emergency medical transport association at departmental level proposes and coordinates the operational response of medical transport companies to requests for urgent medical tr…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Formal notices and orders to perform an obligation to do or not to do something

Article A444-19

The services listed under numbers 79 to 92 of Table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Description of service Fee 79 Summon…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19

Any public sewerage service, regardless of how it is operated, gives rise to the collection of sewerage fees established under the conditions set by the articles R. 2224-19-1 to R. 2224-19-11.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R823-19

…laboratory is subject to the economic and financial control of the State provided for by the décret n° 53-707 du 9 août 1953 relatif au contrôle de l'Etat dans les entreprises publiques nationales et…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-19

Territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry shall define their relationship with the consular higher education establishments they have set up, either…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Valuation of securities.

Article D3324-20

Securities are valued by the company, under the supervision of the statutory auditor, at least once every financial year and whenever an event or series of events occurring during a financial year is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Collective protection measures

Article R4451-19

When the measures implemented in application of Article R. 4451-18 do not make it possible to avoid a risk of contamination by radioactive substances or of significant aerosol suspension or gaseous re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-20

The contribution of the associated communes mentioned in 1° of article L. 5212-19 is compulsory for these communes for the duration of the syndicate and within the limit of the requirements of the ser…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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