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Showing 811820 of 31982 articles for Art. 10 May 2017

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-10

…isation is subject to compliance with the conditions set out in articles L. 6122-2 and L. 6122-5.It may also be subject to the conditions mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 6122-7.The hol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-10

…ers in the practice of their art. The Director, as authorising officer for expenditure and revenue, may transfer appropriations between accounts within the same functional group during the financial y…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-10

…L. 732-3.Half of the members of the National Council are elected every two years for four years and may be re-elected twice; they may only be re-elected six years after the expiry of their third term.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-10

The internal-use pharmacy may carry out, on its own behalf or within the framework of cooperation on behalf of other internal-use pharmacies, all or some of the tasks provided for in 2° and 3° of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R712-10

The supervisory authority may introduce enhanced supervision or suspend the governing bodies of a chamber of commerce and industry, after first requesting the establishment to take the necessary corre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-10

…provisions of article L. 1612-1. In addition, expenditure on the investment section of this budget may be committed, liquidated and mandated up to a limit of half of the appropriations entered in thi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting

Article L214-105

Any member may vote by post, using a form, the details of which are set by order of the Minister for the Economy. Clauses to the contrary in the Articles of Association are deemed unwritten.For the pu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appointments committees

Article L511-101

…r finance company.The Appointments Committee has the resources it needs to carry out its duties and may call on external advice.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-10

…in all cases where the legal provisions have not made such establishment compulsory. No limitation may be placed on the provisions relating to the exercise of trade union rights by memorandum or unil…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-106

…this book.In exceptional circumstances and at the reasoned request of the beneficiary, this period may be extended for a period not exceeding six months, by decision of the President of the Centre na…

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