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Showing 60116020 of 29738 articles for Art. Décret n° 2019-1333 du 11 décembre 2019

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-8

…regional councils may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 précitée, pour la mise en œuvre des actions engagées dans le cadre des co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-13

…said departments.He manages the staff of the collectivity under the conditions provided by the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-53

…L. 2334-27, in the third paragraph, the words: "l'indemnité communale prévue par l'article L. 921-2 du code de l'éducation" are replaced by the words: "une indemnité aux instituteurs non logés, dont l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Measures taken to protect the population and the environment

Article R1333-17

When the person responsible for a nuclear activity carries out compulsory measurements of environmental radioactivity in order to contribute to the monitoring of exposure of the population and the env…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 15: Other control systems

Article R4451-135

…elating to radiation protection to which the Labour Inspection inspector referred to in Article L. 8112-1 has access.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-4

…95% in Paris and the Hauts-de-Seine department;1° bis Of 2.12% for 2017, 2.33% for 2018, 2.54% for 2019, 2.74% for 2020 and 2.95% from 1 January 2021 in the communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L461-1

…ords: "in Article 38 of EU Regulation No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fisheries and aquaculture products, am…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment procedure

Article R1333-138

…Any change in the radiation protection advisor referred to in Article R. 1333-18 or Article R. 4451-112 of the Labour Code;2° Any change to the elements of the declaration or the application, registra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-60

…ly if the company fulfils at least one of the following conditions in respect of the financial year during which these shares are allocated: 1° The company proceeds, under the conditions provided for…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R442-2

…421-35 to R. 421-51 R. 421-53 to R. 421-60R. 422-1R. 422-4 and R. 422-5 R. 422-7 to R. 422-9 R. 422-11 and R. 422-12 R. 423-1 to R. 423-5 R. 424-1 to R. 424-12 R. 425-1 to R. 425-14 R. 426-1R. 426-2fr…

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