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Showing 43614370 of 29549 articles for Art. 17 mai 2002

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-78

…ncluding their guards; 15° Guards for removable mechanical transmission devices; 16° Vehicle lifts; 17° Devices for lifting persons or persons and objects, presenting a danger of falling vertically by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-26

…ned in article R. 6133-29 ;16° The application for certification provided for in article L. 6113-4 ;17° Where the grouping is a legal entity governed by public law, the acquisition, disposal or exchan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definition of the economic reason.

Article L1233-3

…by mutual agreement within the framework of a collective agreement referred to in articles L. 1237-17 et seq.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article L300-2

…es of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The delegated acts provided for in Articles 17, 31, 35, 37, 50, 56, 75, 86, 92, 97, 99, 109a, 111, 114, 127, 130, 135, 143, 172, 210, 211, 216,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices

Article L442-1

…and obligations of the parties; 3° Imposing logistical penalties not complying with Article L. 441-17 ; 4° Discriminating in respect of the other party, or obtaining from it, prices, payment terms, c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 H

…ness property tax.In the event of a change of operator during an exemption period, the exemption is maintained for the remaining period and under the conditions laid down for the predecessor.The exemp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-18

…ept in secure conditions and in accordance with the provisions of 5° of l'article 6 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 modifiée relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. The processin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking transactions, payment services, issuance and management of electronic money

Article R754-1

…312-1no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20 July 2020R. 312…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…012-360 of 14 March 2012, no. 2016-273 of 4 March 2016, no. 2016-1537 of 16 November 2016 and no. 2017-631 of 25 April 2017, with the exception of articles R. 2141-3, R. 2141-4, R. 2141-7, R. 2141-12,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R364-4

…oming to receive emergency care in a health establishment. ";8° In article R. 313-4, the words: "in mainland France or in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion" are replaced by th…

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