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Showing 48114820 of 30357 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 May 2011 – no. 2011-126 QPC

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-4

I.-The Director General of the Centre National de Gestion, on behalf of the Minister for Health, may, after receiving the opinion of the commission for authorisation to practice mentioned in articles…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R596-3

…After the reference to Article R. 521-9, the reference to Article R. 521-13 is inse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Expenditure

Article L3664-1

…tions and social security contributions;6° Under the conditions provided for in article 88-1 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…ions and social security contributions; 4° Under the conditions provided for in article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-1

…tributions payable by the employer and the employee before deduction of the exemptions mentioned in 13° and, for statutory and collective bargaining contributions payable by the employee, their rates;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article D6122-38

…pections applicable to its installations, where applicable, are attached to this letter. The holder may begin to carry out the activity or use the heavy equipment and provide care reimbursable by soci…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2621-1

…e R. 2122-2 is deleted;4° In 5° of article R. 2124-3, the word "European" is deleted;5° Article R. 2131-1 reads as follows:"Art. R. 2131-1 -The purchaser may make known his intention to award a contra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-15

…ganise collaboration between medical professionals competent in imaging, the regional health agency may, at the request of the professionals concerned, authorise the creation of shared medical imaging…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account

Article L6323-11

…ing time over the year is topped up for that year up to a maximum amount. The value of this ceiling may not exceed ten times the annual amount of this contribution. This value and amount, expressed in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Consultation of voters

Article LO6233-1

I. - The electors of the local authority may be consulted on the decisions that the territorial council intends to take to regulate matters within its remit, with the exception of the opinions and pro…

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