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Showing 53215330 of 5857 articles for Art. 12 juill. 2018

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-27

…cation for authorisation to create or transfer an in-house pharmacy, as provided for in article L. 5126-4, is submitted by the natural person holding the authorisation to operate the establishment or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of those involved in materials vigilance.

Article R5212-22

…santé: a) Any report of an incident or risk of incident made to them in application of Article R. 5212-14; b) On a quarterly basis, any report of an incident or malfunction made to them in application…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Part-time work.

Article L212-4-4

…or establishment agreement may reduce the period provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 212-4-3, within which the employee must be notified of the change in the distribution of working hour…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R6134-2

…second paragraph, R. 6153-4, R. 6153-6 with the exception of the last paragraph, R. 6153-7, R. 6153-12 to R. 6153-14, R. 6153-17 and R. 6153-22 to R. 6153-24 of the Public Health Code; 2° Nurses from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-914

…ays, the persons concerned continue to receive the emoluments provided for in 1° of article R. 6152-12 and the bonus mentioned in 3° of article R. 6152-913.The leave mentioned in this article may be s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-14

I.-To carry out the duties mentioned in Article L. 331-12, the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) shall…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Traffic

Article L414-8

…11° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "trainee" provided for in Article L. 426-23; 12° The multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "ICT seconded employee" provided for in Ar…

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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 16-10

…be undertaken for the purposes of combating doping, under the conditions set out in Article L. 232-12-2 of the Sports Code. IV. IV -Any canvassing for advertising purposes relating to the examination…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2-1

…cles L. 242-10 and L. 242-30 of said Code and, in the case of bonds, by articles L. 245-8 to L. 245-12 (1° to 5°) and L. 245-13 to L. 245-17 of said Code. The issue may be made by public offering.For…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting of positions

Article L420-16

…conomic statistics. II. - To enable compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 420-11 and L. 420-12 to be monitored, members of a trading platform must provide the manager of this trading platform…

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