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Showing 16211630 of 15503 articles for Art. RJDA 8-9/98 n° 1058

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article R7227-8

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 7227-3, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 990 I

…nuary 2016, a partial or total transformation falling within the scope of I of Article 1 of the loi n° 2005-842 du 26 juillet 2005 pour la confiance et la modernisation de l'économie or 2° du I de art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use

Article L5438-8

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences set out in this chapter shall incur, in addition to the fine set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-8

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences set out in this chapter shall incur, in addition to the fine set…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition.

Article R4532-82

Companies which are not expected to employ at least ten workers on the site for at least four weeks are not required to take part in the work of the inter-company college, provided that they do not ha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-9

I.-The following are treated in the same way as the shares or voting rights referred to in I of Article L. 233-7: 1° Shares or voting rights owned by other persons on behalf of that person; 2° Shares…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Initial training of medical auxiliaries, nursing auxiliaries, nursery auxiliaries, ambulance drivers and dental assistants recruited to meet the needs of the armed forces

Article D4383-8

Military personnel and civil servants, contract employees and State workers working for the Ministry of Defence may be welcomed to take part in training activities in the schools or institutes trainin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Sports associations in the workplace

Article L121-8

Physical and sports activities are organised by a company sports association or an association of several companies. This association is set up in accordance with article L. 121-1 of this Code and art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General powers

Article L2312-80

The social and economic committee ensures or supervises the management of physical or sporting activities and may decide to participate in their financing. It also issues an opinion on the conclusion…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-8

Notwithstanding articles R. 343-9 and R. 343-10, the assets relating to commitments allocated to a subsidiary allocation account mentioned in article L. 134-2 are recorded in the allocation balance sh…

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