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Showing 29612970 of 67427 articles for Art. L 233-17-1 · Art. L 247-1 · Art. D 230-2

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-11

The surplus from the operating section for the financial year just ended, together with the previous result carried forward, is allocated in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the vote…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Training for sports professions

Article L211-1

The State's public training establishments and local public training establishments in the fields of sport, youth and popular education provide initial training for people who manage, run, supervise a…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investmen…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Points of entry to the territory

Article D3115-16-1

The following airports are points of entry within the meaning of article R. 3115-16: 1° Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle; 2° Paris-Orly; 3° Marseille-Provence; 4° Lyon-Saint-Exupéry; 5° Toulouse-Blagnac; 6° Ni…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-1

I. - The nominative lists referred to in article L. 4321-10 group together the masseur-physiotherapists who hold the evidence of formal qualifications or authorisation to practise required to practise…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Suspension of sentence under article 720-1-1

Article D147-1

The sentenced person whose sentence is suspended pursuant to Article 720-1-1 is placed under the supervision of the territorially competent sentence enforcement judge pursuant to the provisions of art…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-1

As stated in the third paragraph of Article 16-4 of the Civil Code, reproduced below: Art. 16-4 (third paragraph) -Any intervention with the aim of creating a child genetically identical to another pe…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-18

The number of dental assistants contributing to diagnostic imaging procedures, prophylactic procedures, orthodontic procedures or post-surgical care may not, on any one dental practice site, exceed th…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Crime prevention

Article D2512-15-13

The Parisian council for safety and the prevention of delinquency and the fight against drugs, sectarian aberrations and violence against women and the delinquency prevention plan applicable in Paris…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article D6153-10-1

The bonuses, allowances and reimbursements of expenses mentioned in 2° of article R. 6153-10 are : 1° If the intern is not provided with accommodation, food, heating and lighting in the establishment…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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