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Showing 30813090 of 29800 articles for Art. 15 mai 1990

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-7

…ey provide care which is reimbursable to the insured under the conditions set out in article L. 174-15 of the Social Security Code.Article L. 6111-1-6 is applicable to army hospitals.II. - Every five…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L1254-8

…nce employee corresponding to the service provided under the conditions set out in articles L. 1254-15 and L. 1254-21.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article R531-2

…n for 5th class contraventions. Recidivism is punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Criminal Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1751 A

…ersonal identification or location shall be punished by the penalties provided for in IV of Article 15-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Social action

Article L3214-1

…ouncil contributes to delinquency prevention actions under the conditions set out in article L. 132-15 of the Internal Security Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-4

…miners for the technical examination shall be constituted by the commission mentioned in Article R. 15-33-1. When an alternate member of the jury replaces a full member, he or she sits for the entire…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article R513-19

…s of articles R. 513-1-A, R. 513-1, R. 513-3, R. 513-4, R. 513-6 to R. 513-12, R. 513-14 and R. 513-15 to R. 513-18, subject to the provisions of this section.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Absence or insufficiency of appropriations required to cover compulsory expenditure (R)

Article R1612-32

The referral to the regional audit chamber provided for in article L. 1612-15 must be reasoned, quantified and supported by all relevant evidence, and in particular by the approved budget and, where a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3135-4

…by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-4

Employing a worker under the age of eighteen on the work referred to in article L. 4153-9 in breach of the conditions set out in that article and in the decrees issued for its application is punishabl…

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