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Showing 46814690 of 60189 articles for Art. L 111-3 to L 111-11

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4241-11

The practice of the profession referred to in 2° of articles L. 4241-7 and L. 4241-14 must have been carried out respectively in a dispensing pharmacy or in the internal-use pharmacy of a health estab…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Dissolution or suspension of activity of an association or de facto group whose purpose is to support a sports association

Article R332-11

If the Minister for the Interior refers a proposal to dissolve an association or de facto group mentioned in article L. 332-18 to the Commission, the Commission will issue its opinion within one month…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-11

The representatives of the employees of the external undertakings are appointed from among those who have worked regularly on or near the user undertaking's installation during the previous twelve mon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Funeral vehicles (R)

Article D2223-110

The burial compartment, intended to receive one or more bodies before committal, is separated in a closed and hermetically sealed manner from the passenger compartment intended for the driver and, whe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Funeral vehicles (R)

Article D2223-112

The bodywork of vehicles transporting a corpse before committal may not be white in colour. The distinctive signs of the user company, if any, are limited to three per vehicle, each with a surface are…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Funeral vehicles (R)

Article D2223-114

Vehicles used to transport corpses before coffining are subject to a compliance inspection every three years at most. The prefect designates the body or bodies responsible for carrying out the complia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-11

As soon as the application is received, the clerk's office registers it and sends it :1° To the person who is the subject of psychiatric care, unless he or she is the author of the request, and, if ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R7124-11

The Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council meets when convened by its chairman. The notice of meeting shall be accompanied by the agenda.At least twelve days before the meetin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Intervention procedures and methods, emergency procedures and hyperbaric safety manual

Article R4461-11

When the head of the user company calls on an external company or a self-employed worker, he shall ensure the general coordination of the prevention measures he takes and those taken by the head of th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Hospitality certificates

Article R313-11

Notwithstanding article L. 231-1 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration, silence kept for more than one month by the mayor on the request for validation of the reception certifi…

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