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Showing 35713580 of 34523 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6 janvier 1986

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article R2121-6

…provisional suspension of the town council provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2121-6, the prefect shall immediately report to the Minister of the Interior.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-60

…verned by this section, the lessor shall be entitled to demand, in addition to the payment of rents due and unpaid, compensation which, without prejudice to the application of Article 1231-5 du code c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I

Article L4021-6

…4021-5.A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the tasks and bodies of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-6

Any person who has obtained authorisation from the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, after obtaining the opinion of the Académie nationale de médecine, may prepare a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-6

…to be disseminated advertising subject to prior authorisation when the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé has not issued, has refused to issue, has suspended or has wi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-64

…he civil party, in accordance with the provisions of this code and in particular Articles 707, 712-16, 712-16-1 et 712-16-2, 721-2 et 745. The provisions of this section apply without prejudice to tho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to medical reservists

Article L3133-6

Articles 11 and 11 bis A of law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants are applicable to reservists during the periods of employment or training for which they ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation

Article D2323-6

…is located, after obtaining the opinion of the director general of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The authorisation is notified within a maximum of two months…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L621-6

…of article L. 412-3 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the words: "in article 19 of law no. 48-1360 of 1st September 1948 amending and codifying the legislation relating to relations between lessor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-101

Recognition of the European protection order may be refused if the order is based: 1° On offences committed wholly, for the most part or for the most part on the territory of the Republic or in a plac…

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