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Showing 33713380 of 62033 articles for Art. L 224-4 II

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 479

Where the mandate extends to the protection of the person, the rights and obligations of the mandatary are defined by the articles 457-1 to 459-2. Any stipulation to the contrary is deemed unwritten.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 487

On expiry of the mandate and for five years thereafter, the mandatary shall make available to the person who is to continue the management, to the protected person if he or she has recovered his or he…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-3-2

In the areas of competence of the overseas regions, the President of the Regional Council may, for the duration of his term of office, draw up a regional cooperation framework programme specifying the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-43

The implementing measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 4, Articles 6 and 7, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 8, Article 9 and Article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Declarations

Article 407

The harvest, production and stock declarations provided for in the European regulations adopted for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-4-1

…y a third party of research equipment or services to investment service providers, other than portfolio management companies, providing investment or related services to clients, shall be deemed to fu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Arrangements for additional contributions to the personal training account

Article R6323-42

I.-When, in application of the provisions of III of article L. 6323-4, the financers mentioned in II of the same article contribute additional rights to the personal training account, they send the Ca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R7227-25-4

The councillor to the Martinique Assembly and the executive councillor who have incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training shall send the m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Surgical health centres.

Article D6124-403

Operating theatres must be set up in such a way that they can be used at night as well as during the day. Emergency lighting must be provided in the event of a power failure. They must be heated and v…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Surgical health centres.

Article D6124-401

The general organisation, staff, equipment and all services of a surgical clinic must be adapted to the maximum number of patients that can normally be admitted and operated on. Any new facility must…

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