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Showing 28612870 of 66696 articles for Art. L 146-1 · Cass. com. 3 December 1991 · Cass. soc. 19 June 2013

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-3

A natural mineral spring may be declared to be in the public interest. In this case, it may be assigned a protection perimeter, which may cover separate plots of land. Within this perimeter, all activ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Designation of the country of return

Article L721-3

The administrative authority shall determine, by a decision separate from the removal decision, the country to which the foreign national may be returned in the event of the automatic enforcement of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Funeral equipment

Article L2223-39

Public or private health establishments that meet the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat must have a mortuary in which the bodies of people who have died there must be deposited. How…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to medical reservists

Article L3133-3

Reservists must obtain their employer's agreement before any absence. The employer may only object to the Reservist's absence if it is necessary for the continued production of goods and services or f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Precautionary measures.

Article L3354-3

Where the act that gave rise to the criminal prosecution can be attributed to an alcoholic state, the criminal court hearing the prosecution may temporarily prohibit the convicted individual from hold…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Powers

Article L5217-3

Without prejudice to article L. 2212-2 and notwithstanding article L. 2213-32, the president of the metropolitan council exercises the powers enabling him to regulate external fire defence. Without pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Medical auxiliaries.

Article L4423-3

I. - For the application of article L. 4311-1 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the words "and in the services mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2112-1 and in article L. 2311-4 " are dele…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-3

I.-The support institution designated by the constituent agreement performs the following functions on behalf of the institutions that are members of the consortium:1° The strategy, optimisation and j…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-3

All financial investment advisers must be able to provide evidence at all times of the existence of an insurance policy covering them against the financial consequences of their professional civil lia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article L814-3

The purpose of a fund with legal personality and managed by the contributors is to guarantee the reimbursement of funds, effects or values received or managed by each court-appointed administrator and…

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