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Showing 731740 of 1054 articles for Art. LD-AdIC §§ 51–62

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5211-35

For the purposes of placing a custom-made medical device on the market, the manufacturer shall follow the procedure defined in Article R. 5211-51. The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Parental presence leave

Article R1225-14

At least fifteen days before the start of the parental presence leave, the employee shall inform his employer by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receipt of his w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Transmission of information to the maternal and child protection service.

Article R2112-21

Civil registrars send a birth certificate drawn up in accordance with the provisions of article 11 of decree no. 62-921 of 3 August 1962 amending certain rules relating to civil status records, within…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-98

Sales of HLM premises for rental use (numbers 62 to 64 in table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee, the rate of which depends on the type of sale, according to the following scale: B…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Local referendum

Article R1112-6

The following articles of the Electoral Code are applicable to preparatory polling operations and the conduct of voting operations: 1° Article R. 40 relating to the division of voters into polling sta…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L354-3

The following shall apply in French Polynesia, New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in Article L. 354-1, the provisions of the articles mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-55-7

Masters of ceremonies, funeral advisors and the like and the directors or managers of authorised undertakings, régies or associations who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Investment in production

Article 311-60

Investment for production of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account is subject to the issue of a prior authorisation and a final authorisation. The prior authorisation is issued…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-64

The meeting is chaired by a representative of the group. If the representatives are absent or if there is disagreement between them, the meeting shall appoint a person to act as chairman. If convened…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of biological limit values

Article R4412-32

When informed by the occupational physician that a biological limit value for a chemical agent hazardous to health has been exceeded, under the conditions laid down in Article R. 4412-51-1, the employ…

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