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Showing 51515160 of 61439 articles for Art. R. 3304-22 · C. mon. fin. Art. L. 224-4

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-4-1

…ments of the Republic, with one or more States, territories or regional bodies mentioned in Article L. 3441-2. The president of the departmental council submits this framework programme to the deliber…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-4

I.-Any breach of the prohibitions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 5141-14-2 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal ent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7153-4-1

…ments of the Republic, with one or more States, territories or regional bodies mentioned in Article L. 7153-3. The President of the Assembly of French Guyana submits this framework programme to the de…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-4

The duration of an employment contract referred to in article L. 222-2-3 may not be less than the duration of a sports season, which is set at twelve months. However, a contract concluded during a spo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Regional cooperation

Article L7253-4-1

…ments of the Republic, with one or more States, territories or regional bodies mentioned in Article L. 7253-3.The President of the Executive Council of Martinique submits this framework programme to t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-4

For the application of IV bis of article L. 324-1-1, premises for commercial use are premises included in buildings whose purpose is trade and service activities within the meaning of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-4

…igations set out in this article once the company that controls them, within the meaning of Article L. 233-3, draws up and implements a due diligence plan relating to the activity of the company and a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-4

…application for authorisation to use an internal risk assessment approach as referred to in Article L. 511-41 on behalf of several credit institutions or investment firms belonging to the same group a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Occupational health medical file

Article R4624-45-5

…the health professionals in charge of the individual monitoring of workers provided for in Article L. 4624-1 in compliance with the rules of confidentiality specified in I of Article L. 1110-4 of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R613-43-1

The provisions of articles R. 613-4 to R. 613-43 and R. 613-51 apply to certificates of addition.

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