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Showing 30513060 of 60498 articles for Art. Decree 2022-1294 of 5-10-2022

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-4

I.-Any company which employs, at the close of two consecutive financial years, at least five thousand employees within itself and in its direct or indirect subsidiaries whose registered office is loca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-5

For the application of articles L. 1251-5, L. 1251-9, L. 1251-11, L. 1251-13, L. 1251-16, L. 1251-17, L. 1251-29, L. 1251-30, L. 1251-31, L. 1251-34, L. 1251-35, L. 1251-41 and L. 1251-60 to open-ende…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-10-1

…gence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, after obtaining the opinion of the Etablissement français du sang and the armed forces blood transfusion centre, regulate the us…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1043-0 A

Transfers of property, rights and obligations between health establishments referred to in article L. 6112-3 of the Public Health Code are exempt from payment of the contribution provided for in artic…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-5

The statute of limitations on a sentence is interrupted by acts or decisions of the public prosecutor, the sentence enforcement judge and, in the case of fines, the directorate general of public finan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L814-10-1

I.-The persons designated under the conditions provided for in III of article L. 812-2 are placed under the supervision of the Public Prosecutor and are subject, for this professional activity, to ins…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-8

…dministrative authorities designated in accordance with the procedures set out inArticle L. 221-1-3 of the French Consumer Code; 3° Health professionals; 4° The person responsible for placing a tattoo…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-10-4

The director of the primary health insurance fund within whose jurisdiction the practitioner carries out his activity sends the director of the public health establishment the names of practitioners s…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-176-5

In the event of a merger between several forestry investment groups or between one or more forestry investment groups and one or more forestry savings companies or between one or more forestry investm…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 10: Special conditions for the "addictive behaviour" option

Article D6124-177-55

The coordinating doctor has proven training or experience in addictology.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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