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Showing 14111420 of 33462 articles for Art. R. 223-12

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Action by the administrative authority

Article D1233-12

…of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment competent in application of articles R. 1233-3-4 and R. 1233-3-5, by any means capable of conferring a date certain. The request must sta…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12

In order to ensure better coordination of their activities and thus contribute to the structuring of the healthcare pathways referred to in article L. 1411-1 and the achievement of the objectives of t…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the ad hoc administrator

Article 1210-1

…urt may appoint the ad hoc administrator from among the persons on the list provided for in article R. 53 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article A123-12

…s application for registration, the savings and provident institution declares, pursuant to Article R. 123-62, as regards the legal entity: 1° Its name followed, where applicable, by its acronym;2° Th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Decisions to award financial assistance

Article 121-1

…article R. 112-23 (6°) of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée, decisions to award financial assistance a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to professional customers

Article D533-12

…the financial sector requiring knowledge of investment in financial instruments for at least one year.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Sales of medicinal plants.

Article D4211-12

…published in chapter IV. 7.B. of the French Pharmacopoeia, under the conditions set out in article R. 5112-2 of the Public Health Code.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-12

…or General of the French Office for Immigration and Integration decides, in accordance with article R. 8253-6, whether to apply the special contribution to the employer who employed the foreign employ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional acts

Article D4362-12

…lid for two years.A copy of this prescription, where applicable modified in accordance with article R. 4342-8-1, is kept by the optician until the expiry of its validity, unless the patient objects, a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Professional certificate in youth, popular education and sport

Article D212-12

…e "sport and entertainment" professional advisory committee under the conditions set out in article R. 6113-21 of the French Labour Code:either by an order of the minister responsible for sport; - or…

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