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Showing 41614170 of 7235 articles for Art. n° 20-15164 · CCRCS opinion 2013-001

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Report to Parliament

Article L518-10

…ludes, for the year in question, the minutes of the committee's meetings, to which are appended the opinions, motions or resolutions that it has voted, as well as the table of estimated resources and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-24

…2261-19 or at the initiative of the Minister responsible for labour, after receiving the reasoned opinion of the National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training.Upo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-9

…s for awarding this qualification, are laid down by order of the Minister for Health, following the opinion of a commission comprising representatives of the State, dental surgeons and dental assistan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2-2

…for Civil Protection and Crisis Management. In particular, it is responsible for communicating the opinion provided for in I of article L. 125-1-1 to Parliament and to the Orientation Council for the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-17

The Supervisory Committee's reasoned opinion on the insurance undertaking's report provided for in III of Article L. 144-2 also includes a mention of any changes made during the past financial year to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 7: Advisory Committee

Article 422-33

…an neighbourhoods. They are appointed for a period of one year, renewable once, after receiving the opinion of the administrative authority responsible for implementing State policy on sustainable dev…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-4

…e of essential products or families of products by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, following a public opinion from the Autorité de la concurrence.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Approval of associations

Article R811-7

Authorisation may be withdrawn following the opinion of the public prosecutor, when the association no longer has the number of members required for its authorisation, when it can no longer justify th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure

Article R743-6

…reter if the foreign national does not sufficiently speak French.The public prosecutor may make his opinion known.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Communal sections with separate assets

Article L2544-5

…of real estate or securities belonging to the section, a local commission may be set up to give its opinion on the particular interests of the section.The setting up of a local commission is compulsor…

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