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Showing 70117020 of 53863 articles for Art. Rép. Cherki: AN 24-1-2017 n° 94515

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-133-1

The data in the demolition, removal or encapsulation plan, including its amendments and the content of the information mentioned in Article R. 4412-133, are kept for ten years on the DEMAT @ MIANTE pl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10-1

I. - When the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing presented by a business relationship, product or transaction appears to them to be high, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article D71-112-1

The following provisions shall apply to the territorial collectivity of French Guiana: 1° Le titre III du livre III de la troisième partie relatif aux recettes des départements; 2° Le chapitre III du…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Maintenance, servicing and checks

Article R4224-17-1

Where one or more lifts are in service on the premises of an establishment, the employer shall ensure that the owner takes the necessary measures to comply with :1° The provisions of articles R. 134-6…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article D72-102-1

The following provisions shall apply to the territorial collectivity of Martinique: 1° Le titre III du livre III de la troisième partie relatif aux recettes des départements; 2° Le chapitre III du tit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Advisory committee on the management of the Paris fire brigade reporting to the Prefect of Police

Article D2512-19

…at least twice a year at the initiative of the police prefect.The advisory board may hear civil servants and agents of the police prefecture and officers of the Paris fire brigade in charge of files o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics.

Article L1412-1-1

I.-A public debate in the form of Estates General shall precede any proposed reform of the ethical problems and social issues mentioned in article L. 1412-1. These are organised on the initiative of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-1

Any supply of drinking water, whoever the beneficiary, is billed at the rate applicable to the corresponding category of user, households, occupants of buildings used primarily for residential purpose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4113-1-1

…e training courses, diplomas, certificates or qualifications mentioned in Article L. 4113-1 shall transmit certified information concerning the diplomas, certificates, qualifications or training attes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Associate assistants.

Article R6152-539-1

Subject to the provisions of article R. 6152-539-2, associate assistants are recruited for an initial period of either one or two years, renewable by periods of one year, but the total period of servi…

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