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Showing 25012510 of 29517 articles for Art. 16 mai 1962

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-10

…ents on elements falling under Part I provided for in Article 6 of the aforementioned Regulation of 16 April 2014, within 22 days of the date of validation of the application referred to in Article 5(…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-6

I. - When, pursuant to Article L. 822-16, a request for an opinion on the code of ethics of the profession of statutory auditor is submitted to the Haut conseil du commissariat aux comptes, which shal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21

…board memberships held by this person in controlled companies within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 by the company of which it is a director. For the application of the provisions of this article,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R*595-1

…ovisions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying automatically in the table below.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Banknotes.

Article D122-11

The rules for recycling euro banknotes are set out in the Decision of the European Central Bank of 16 November 2010 on the authenticity and fitness checking and recirculation of euro banknotes (ECB/20…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Guardianship arrangements

Article A712-11

…ce with the procedures specified in a standard of intervention provided for in 2° of Article L. 711-16..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6261-17

…51-2, are applicable to the experts appointed by the consular chambers mentioned in article R. 6261-16.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6261-19

Each expert appointed by the consular chambers mentioned in article R. 6261-16 draws up an annual activity report. This report is sent by the president of the chamber concerned to the regional prefect…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Savings account holders

Article R6341-17

The holder of a savings account is entitled to the priority provided for in article R. 6341-16 in the year preceding or following the expiry of the savings plan and for training of a maximum duration…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-3

The provisions of Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18, L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 are applicable to transactions concluded on an organised trading system.

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