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Showing 591600 of 67427 articles for Art. L 233-17-1 · Art. L 247-1 · Art. D 230-2

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-17

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-17

Any person who is subject to a suspension by virtue of a decision pronounced by an anti-doping organisation signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code or by the competent body hearing an appeal against s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17-1

Powers exercised by a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation, the transfer of which to the latter is not provided for by law or by the decision establishing it, may, at any time, be retur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Responsibilities

Article L4422-17

The proposals, requests and opinions adopted by the Assembly of Corsica pursuant to I to IV of article L. 4422-16 are published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Registration and deregistration formalities.

Article L143-17

In addition to the registration formalities mentioned in Article L. 143-16, sales or assignments of goodwill comprising trademarks or service marks, industrial designs or models, as well as pledges of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-17

The residence permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" issued to a foreign national pursuant to article L. 424-14 may be withdrawn if the foreign national loses the benefit of subsidiary prote…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2352-17

If, in the course of negotiations, the parties decide to lay down participation arrangements, the agreement shall determine the content of these arrangements including, where applicable, the number of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-17

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a collective branch agreement may provide for the maximum daily working time provided for in article L. 3122-6 to be exceeded, under conditions d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.

Article L522-17

Each establishment has its own special regulations which supplement the general provisions of the standard regulations by laying down operating conditions that take account of the nature and location…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rescue and fire-fighting.

Article L2512-17

The Prefect of Police is responsible for fire rescue and defence.He retains the powers he exercises by virtue of the special law on the subject.As such, the Paris Fire Brigade is the territorially com…

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