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Showing 16511660 of 52406 articles for Art. s. 387-1

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application.

Article R5132-1

…Director General of the Agency, in the same lists I or II or as narcotics or psychotropic substances.When the substances, preparations or medicinal products mentioned in 1° and 2°, classified as narc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36-1

…the duration of the contract, including, where applicable, its renewal(s), is less than fourteen days. The days taken into account to determine the period between the two contracts are the days on whi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exclusion of administrative contracts

Article R8272-10

To determine the duration of the exclusion from administrative contracts of the person who has committed the offence in accordance with article L. 8272-4, the Prefect shall take into account the natur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Informing the driver of the rate scale for immediate payment of the parking charge and the amount of the post-parking charge

Article R2333-120-1

The system enabling immediate payment of the parking charge provided for in Article L. 2333-87, including in dematerialised form, informs the driver of: a) The immediate payment rate scale applicable…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R5146-1-4

The Agency's inspectors will carry out inspections as decided by the Agency's Director General, who will issue a letter of assignment to the inspector in charge of the investigation. This letter speci…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction

Article L133-11

The payer's payment service provider(s) and the payee's payment service provider(s) and their intermediaries involved in the execution of a payment transaction transfer the total amount of the payment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L931-14

…ormation of the habitable conditions of a group of buildings requiring the evacuation of the premises. These operations may be decided upon and carried out in accordance with local regulations, either…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting nosocomial infections and collecting information about them

Article R6111-16

…designated in article R. 6111-15, informs the latter of the need to report to the health authorities.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-11

…n either to establish or contest a parent-subsidiary relationship, or to obtain or withdraw subsidies. The consent of the person concerned must be expressly obtained beforehand. Unless the person expr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-18

Where the company's shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the number of members of the Management Board referred to in Article L. 225-58 may be increased to seven by the articles of as…

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