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Showing 58515860 of 8984 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · AFNOR NF K 12-500

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-8

For the application of article R. 3115-12 to Wallis and Futuna: 1° In the first paragraph of I, the words: "It is based on the general provisions of the departmental civil protection response organisa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-15

The following may obtain, online or by written request to the directorate mentioned in Article A. 762-14, of the automated processing data concerning them: 1° The operator of a registered exhibition c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for redeployment and retraining measures

Article R5522-89

For the application of article R. 5123-29 in Mayotte: 1° 6° is repealed; 2° The words: "of article R. 351-27 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "of article 12 of order no. 2002-41…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-5

…ent only under the conditions and for the reasons determined by that magistrate.This obligation is enforced under the system of placement under electronic surveillance, using the process provided for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A

…n the overseas departments. When the sums subject to deduction are paid on a quarterly, monthly, weekly or daily basis, the limits of the brackets of the annual tariff provided for in this III are div…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-2-1

…lth service participates in drawing up the shared territorial mental health diagnosis, which then takes account of its resources;2° The armed forces hospitals and other elements of the armed forces he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-14

…ential management standards of the State concerned in order to enable the financial situation of banking or financial groups to be monitored, or may only be carried out for the purposes of the group s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-43

The management company is required to make the declarations stipulated in articles L. 225-126 and L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the mutual funds it manages. Articles L…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation and swearing-in of agents

Article R331-2

…for a renewable period of five years.To issue the authorisation, the chairman of the authority checks that the agent has the required skills and guarantees with regard to the missions mentioned in ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-2-1

…162-1-7-1 of the Social Security Code, medical biology examinations carried out outside the framework of inpatient services mentioned in 1° of article L. 162-22-6 and in the framework of consultations…

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