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Showing 51315140 of 6040 articles for Art. 11 déc. 1996

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-410

…nd research establishments under the authority of the Ministry of National Education, no. 86-380 of 11th March 1986 relating to the status of assistants in medical, biological and mixed disciplines, d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article R811-1-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for by Article R. 811-3 below, the following shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Les dispositions du livre Ier à l'exception des articles R. 133-1, R.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2

…hen enrolment in these contracts is compulsory under one of the procedures mentioned in Article L. 911-1 of the Social Security Code, the individual rights relating to these contracts are only transfe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 259 D

I.-1. The place of supply of the services referred to in 10°, 11° and 12° of Article 259 B is deemed to be in France when they are provided to non-taxable persons who are established, have their domic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…article L. 515-36 du code de l'environnement ou mentionnée à l'article L. 211-2 du code minier; 9° Membre d'une commission paritaire d'hygiène, de sécurité et des conditions d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…send the annual declaration for the previous year in disregard of the provisions of article L. 3513-11; 8° Failure by a manufacturer, distributor or importer of a vaping product to set up or update a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-1

…graph of I of Article L. 5134-1 and in the services mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 2112-1 and in Article L. 2311-4 . In a protocol as part of coordinated practice as provided for in ar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-21

…distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic beverages ;2° The provisions of Articles 1, 2,8 to 11,15,18,28 to 35,38,47 and 48 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book I: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article D1-13

I.-The information provided for by article 11-2 is given by the public prosecutor. In the event of an indictment decided by the investigating chamber or a conviction handed down by the court of appeal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information obligations

Article D561-32-1

…neficiaries of the suspicious transaction or with a domiciliary within the meaning ofArticle L. 123-11 of the Commercial Code; 2° Carrying out financial transactions by companies in which there have b…

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