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Showing 39013910 of 61220 articles for Art. L. 123-11-1

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-12-1

…ry audits of the accounts of investment firms, financial institutions within the meaning of Article L. 511-21, credit institutions, payment institutions, electronic money institutions, institutions fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Relationship between company or establishment agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional scope.

Article L2253-1

…lisation of vocational training funds; 5° The additional collective guarantees mentioned in article L. 912-1 of the Social Security Code; 6° The measures set out in article L. 3121-14, in 1° of articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17-1

…iations; 4° Workshops and integration sites; 5° Social integration organisations covered by article L. 121-2 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles; 6° Child welfare services; 7° Accommodatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expressing the wishes of patients refusing treatment and patients at the end of life

Article L1111-12

…expression of the patient's wishes. In the absence of the advance directives referred to in article L. 1111-11, the doctor will obtain the testimony of the trusted support person or, failing this, any…

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

Article L232-12

…may delegate this task to agents under his hierarchical authority. The persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 may take biological samples intended to reveal the use of prohibited methods or to detect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1-1

The manufacture of autovaccines for veterinary use referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 is carried out by a qualified person or a company or body emplo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L1271-17

…L. 421-1 du code de l'action sociale et des familles and the first two paragraphs of artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health and the environment

Article L1533-1

…the French Southern and Antarctic Territories subject to the following adaptations: 1° In Articles L. 1333-8 and L. 1333-30, the reference to Chapter I of Title V of Book IV of Part IV of the Labour…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…ervices and metropolitan hygiene and health services under the conditions provided for by l'article L. 1422-1 of the public health code if the metropolitan authority exercises this competence; 11° The…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-16

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