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Showing 55115520 of 11457 articles for Art. Rép. Kamowski: AN 25-12-2018 n° 13638

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-80

Materials accounting, the purpose of which is to describe existing stock and movements concerning inventories and movable property, is kept under the responsibility of the director of the régie.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-32

In the absence of an agreement or convention mentioned in article L. 3142-46, the employee informs the employer by any means giving a date certain, at least fifteen calendar days before the start of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-30

The employer's refusal is notified to the employee by any means that confers a date certain.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-31

…of a dispute, the Labour Court (Conseil de prud'hommes), to which the matter has been referred pursuant to Article L. 3142-45, will give the final ruling.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Global operating grant and other grants

Article R1613-1

Salary costs reimbursed pursuant to article L. 1613-5 include all remuneration defined by the décret n°85-730 du 17 juillet 1985 relatif à la rémunération des fonctionnaires de l'Etat et des fonctionn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-9

…erinary medicinal products with the Director General of the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety is valid for an unlimited period. The registration of homeopathic vet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L3215-1

The following offences are punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000 1° For the director of an establishment referred to in article L. 3222-1 to maintain the psychiatric care measure…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

I.-The information referred to in I and II of Article L. 228-2 and in Article L. 228-3 is, for each security owner, as follows: 1° Those listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commissi…

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

Article L5441-8

I.-The following is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros:1° Placing on the market, free of charge or for consideration, a veterinary medicinal product subject to the prov…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article L613-5

A foreign national who is notified of a ban on returning to French territory shall be informed that an alert for the purposes of refusing entry has been issued in the Schengen Information System, in a…

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