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Showing 31413150 of 8984 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · AFNOR NF K 12-500

French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-12-3

…system to periodic inspection under the conditions set out in article R. 342-12-2, operators must inform the Prefect. They shall have an initial inspection carried out within a maximum of six months…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-3

…hird party or by a person acting on behalf of a third party. Minor non-monetary benefits that are likely to improve the quality of the service provided to a customer and whose size and nature are such…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-12-1

…or shall prepare a report for the directors identifying the financial, accounting and management risks to which the company is exposed. Where the statutory auditor is appointed pursuant to the first p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Constant monitoring of the business relationship

Article R561-12-1

…ure that the transactions carried out in respect of a business relationship are consistent with the knowledge of this business relationship updated in accordance with Article R. 561-12. In particular,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-12-1

…leted the first cycle of secondary education, may, at their own request and if they have not been taken on by an employer, begin a three-month apprenticeship training course. During this period, they…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: Use of means of communication during proceedings

Article D47-12-2

…in this article. Or two minutes shall be drawn up simultaneously, one by the magistrate and his clerk on the court premises, and the other by a clerk at the place where the person heard is, and they s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…nditure for which it is responsible in terms of national education; 10° Expenditure on communal disinfection services and metropolitan hygiene and health services under the conditions provided for by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-12-3

…tional Public Health Agency or, where applicable, other members of the national public health network have access to information covered by medical confidentiality, professional confidentiality or bus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-2

I.-The territorial professional health community referred to in article L. 1434-12 may be required, under an agreement signed with the regional health agency and the local primary health insurance fun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-1

…A patient's full hospitalisation may not continue without a decision on this measure having been taken by the liberty and custody judge, to whom the matter has first been referred by the director of…

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