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Showing 12011210 of 69607 articles for Art. s. R 228-17 to R 228-20 and R 228-22-1

French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Award of sub-contracts where the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the thresholds for the formal procedure

Article R2393-20

By way of derogation from article R. 2393-18, the holder is not required to publish a notice when the sub-contract fulfils the conditions for use of the award procedure without prior advertising or co…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5123-22

The State may pay part of the replacement income paid to employees benefiting from early retirement benefits, in application of a national professional agreement giving entitlement to an exemption fro…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-22

In article R. 713-14 : a) In 2°, the word "category" is replaced by the word "college"; b) In the seventh paragraph, the words "chambre de commerce et d'industrie territoriale" are replaced by the wor…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-20

On pain of inadmissibility, the appellants shall notify the candidates whose election is contested of the appeals mentioned in article R. 1423-19. This notification is made by registered letter with a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-20

I.-The request is declared by the requesting party or his lawyer in the following manner: 1° Where the applicant is remanded in custody, the declaration is made to the investigating judge's registry i…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article R4341-20-1

Professionals who have obtained authorisation to practise part of the profession concerned appear on a separate list containing the professional title under which they are authorised to practise and t…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multiannual regional plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1434-22

The national programme for risk management and efficiency in the healthcare system is broken down, with regard to the appropriateness of care, within each regional multi-annual plan for risk managemen…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-20

Nurses have a duty to use all the means at their disposal to ensure that everyone lives with dignity until death. In particular, they have a duty to help patients whose condition so requires to have a…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duties - Land registration tax

Article 1599 sexies

There is levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region an additional tax on the registration duties or land registration tax payable on transfers for valuable consideration, other than those ment…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R2131-20

The members of the multidisciplinary team, the composition of which is laid down in article R. 2131-12 , appoint, from among the doctors mentioned in 1° of this article and for a renewable period of t…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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