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Showing 54615470 of 63859 articles for Art. L. 223-28 and C. civ. Art. 1844

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-8

Par dérogation à l'article L. 5217-12, the Greater Paris metropolitan area benefits from a global operating grant equal to the sum of the following two components:1° An inter-municipality grant, calcu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature sports

Article L311-4

…Article L. 361-2 of the French Environment Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Successive redundancies.

Article L1233-27

…s in total, without having been required to present a job protection plan in application of article L. 1233-26 or article L. 1233-28, any new redundancies envisaged during the first three months of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-8

Articles L. 3114-1 and L. 3114-3 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book I of this Part are applicable in the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands. For its application in the territory of the Wallis an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Revenue

Article L3543-1

For their application in Mayotte, articles L. 3332-1, L. 3332-2 and L. 3332-3 are worded as follows:"Art. L. 3332-1.-Fiscal revenue in the operating section includes the proceeds of taxes of all kinds…

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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…

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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…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

…except in the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, with the consent of the deliberative body of the establishment. In the absence of an a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L242-2

…articles L. 222-1 to L. 222-5 of the French Construction and Housing C…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Preliminary book MIXED CONCESSION CONTRACTS

Article L3000-3

…contract covers several activities, at least one of which constitutes a network operator activity, and whose main purpose can be determined, the following rules apply: 1° Where the contract covers bo…

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