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Showing 37913800 of 20302 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 15 Dec. 2009 – no. 08-18228

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-25

…regional health agency as soon as possible of any abnormal situation as defined in article D. 1332-15. In this case, the bathing water health monitoring analysis programme provided for in article D.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R1431-7

The Board of Directors deliberates on all matters relating to the operation of the establishment and in particular on:

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Unavailability, pledges, enforceability

Article A444-17

…rticle A. 444-16 also give rise to the collection of the initiation fee mentioned in article A. 444-15, with the exception of those listed under the following numbers in Table 3-1 : 1° Number 51 (writ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions (R).

Article R4432-10

…bove are published in the Recueil des actes administratifs of the regional prefecture no later than 15 and 31 December respectively of the year of renewal. The new designations take effect from the fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution

Article R8253-2

…authorising him/her to work in France. IV - The amount of the special contribution is increased to 15,000 times the hourly rate of the guaranteed minimum where a breach of the first paragraph of arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 A bis

…the European Union;b) To work and expenditure eligible for the bonus provided for in II of Article 15 of Law No 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 and carried out in favour of the ener…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R443-3

…aced by the words: "public or private not-for-profit health establishment";5° bis In article R. 431-15-2, the words: "authorises its holder to carry out a professional activity on the territory of mai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article D532-23-2

…t to Article 34(8) and (9) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014.II. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall forward the notificatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L785-2

…ting fromL. 612-1, with the exception of III, the second to eighth paragraphs of IV, V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-836 of 30 August 2023L. 612-2 with the exception of 7° and 12° of A and 3°, 5° and 9° to 11…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-31

…ices undergoing clinical investigations for non-commercial purposes provided for in Article L. 1125-15; 5° The conditions applicable to clinical investigations including the processing of personal dat…

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