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Showing 28512860 of 3965 articles for Art. 17 avr. 1996

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-23

…yees. The contracts of public-sector employees are subject to the provisions of decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to State contract employees taken for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, employee adviser and member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2421-2

…fishing code; 4° Conseiller prud'homme ; 5° Maritime assessor mentioned in article 7 of the law of 17 December 1926 relating to repression in maritime matters; 6° Défenseur syndical (trade union repr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

…agence régionale de santé" are replaced by the words: "agence de santé";3° The I of article L. 3131-17 is supplemented by a paragraph worded as follows:"The senior administrator may take measures to r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article R328-1

…fifth-class offence:1° Disregarding the obligations or prohibitions resulting from articles R. 321-17-1, R. 321-28, R. 322-3, R. 322-8 (1st paragraph), R. 322-73 (1st paragraph), R. 326-1, R. 331-1,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-12

…rom the compensation fund is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-6

…uivalence decision by the European Commission on the basis of Article 46 of Directive 2006/43/EC of 17 May 2006. In the absence of a decision by the European Commission, the High Council assesses this…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Search and recording

Article L541-2

…In Article L. 512-15, the words: "mentioned in article L. 122-1" are deleted; 6° In article L. 512-17, in the 3rd paragraph, the words: "or administrative police" are deleted; 7° In article L. 512-29…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10 : Olive oil and table olives

Article R412-26

…olive-pomace oils" of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products for the products…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3a: Provisions relating to electronic communication using the application referred to in Article R. 414-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice

Article R532-28-6

…d when it notifies the addressee of a communication for which the first paragraph of article R. 532-17 provides for notification by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The agent is deem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-1

…preparation, storage, distribution and transfer of advanced therapy medicinal products mentioned in 17° of article L. 5121-1 may also be carried out in establishments authorised under article L. 4211-…

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