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Showing 20212030 of 5857 articles for Art. 12 juill. 2018

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Constant monitoring of the business relationship

Article R561-12-1

…nsistent with the knowledge of this business relationship updated in accordance with Article R. 561-12. In particular, these measures must make it possible to ensure that the transactions carried out…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-12-1

By way of derogation from article L. 6222-12, any person aged between sixteen and twenty-nine, or who is at least fifteen and can prove that they have completed the first cycle of secondary education,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: Use of means of communication during proceedings

Article D47-12-2

…the procedure for simultaneous countersignatures in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 47-12-3. In this case, it is not necessary for a court clerk to be present at the place where the perso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-12-3

…he status of the agency and the State control to which it is subject, as set out in article L. 1413-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-2

I.-The territorial professional health community referred to in article L. 1434-12 may be required, under an agreement signed with the regional health agency and the local primary health insurance fun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-1

…care and proceeding with full hospitalisation in application of the last paragraph of article L. 3212-4 or III of article L. 3213-3 respectively. The matter is then referred to the liberty and custod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1251-12-1

…n the absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded pursuant toArticle L. 1251-12, the total duration of the assignment contract may not exceed eighteen months, taking into a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-4

…ed, the prefect will send a copy of the first part of the application, as defined in article R. 761-12-1, to the manager of the market of national interest, with a view to finding out whether it has t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-2

I.-When a case is referred to the court in application of articles L. 3211-12 or L. 3211-12-1, the court, after hearing both parties, shall rule in public. He may decide that the hearings shall take p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-12-2

Notwithstanding article L. 113-12, where the purpose of the insurance contract is to guarantee, in the event of the occurrence of one of the risks defined in the contract, either the total or partial…

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