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Showing 45914600 of 8881 articles for Art. JO Sénat 9 September 2010

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-75

…s, under the conditions defined in Article 2.3 of this Regulation, and by Decree No 2005-1236 of 30 September 2005 on the rules, requirements and procedures applicable to agricultural or forestry trac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-19

…t stipulated in the Articles of Association, in accordance with article 14 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperative societies. They have a period of one year in which to se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Manufacture, packaging and importation of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-1

…louring substances complies with that laid down in the order referred to inArticle 2 of Decree no. 89-674 of 18 September 1989 or, failing this, with a national monograph or other specifications allow…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Comparative advertising

Article L132-25

…applicable, punishable by the penalties laid down, on the one hand, in articles L. 132-2 to L. 132-9, on the other hand, to articles L. 716-9 and L. 716-12 of the Intellectual Property Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Participation of users in the operation of the healthcare system

Article L1114-1

I. - Associations that have been duly registered and are active in the field of health quality and patient care may be approved by the competent administrative authority at either regional or national…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Commission for Inter-municipal Cooperation in French Polynesia

Article L5842-11

I. - The articles L. 5211-42 to L. 5211-45 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to IV.II. - For the application of Article L. 5211-42, the words "in each de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-1

In addition to its Chairman, the Agency's Board of Directors comprises:1° Nine members representing the State: a) Three representatives of the Ministers for Health and Social Action; b) One representa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Administrative levy

Article R512-24-2

The provisions of article R. 512-9-1 apply to samples taken as part of the checks provided for in Article L. 511-14 for samples falling within the scope of Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 menti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article R916-1

…les in appendices 6-1 and 6-2 of this book" are replaced by the words: "in the tables in appendices 9-2 and 9-3 of this book. "

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency Capital Requirement

Article L352-1

…oval of the internal model referred to in I and to the application for approval of any subsequent major modification to that model, prior to their transmission to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel e…

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