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Showing 20412050 of 52884 articles for Art. n° 16-10.271 FS-PBI — RJDA 1/18 n° 79

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-16

The head of the medical biology laboratory holding the authorisation is required to declare without delay to the Minister responsible for health any change relating to the legal rules and technical op…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article D6431-16

The Director of the Agency, appointed by order of the Ministers for Overseas France and Health, is a civil servant or hospital practitioner governed by Section 1 of Chapter II of Title V of Book I of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 bis

…the sum of the proceeds of the tax, the amount mentioned in H of V of Article 16 of Law No. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on the finances for 2020 and the amount mentioned in 1 of B of III of Article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L114-16

I.-As an exception to law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, law no. 84-16 of 11th January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil servi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-16

The files, reports, deliberations and opinions are kept by the committee, under conditions that ensure their confidentiality, for a period of twenty-five years after the end of the research or its ear…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-161

The notices provided for in articles R. 123-155 et seq. are drawn up and sent by the registrar to the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales within eight days of the corresponding regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-162

The filing of the accounting documents provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 123-111, accompanied, where applicable, by a declaration of confidentiality or a declaration of simplified publ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-160

Any striking off shall give rise to the insertion of a notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales. The notice shall contain: 1° For natural persons: a) The registration refer…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-16

The absence of a lawyer or a representative of an association does not prevent the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons from conducting an interview with the applicant.Wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1251-16

The assignment contract is drawn up in writing.It shall include in particular:1° A reproduction of the clauses and information in the secondment contract listed in article L. 1251-43 ; 2° The employee…

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