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Showing 311320 of 2354 articles for Art. 1733 C. civ.

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article L4222-5

The Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens (National Council of the Order of Pharmacists) will rule on appeals against decisions by the regional councils of section A and the central councils of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Special allocation for the financing of first numbering operations.

Article R2563-8

Expenditure eligible for the grant includes: a) The payment of holiday allowances to agents responsible for listing buildings that do not correspond to any address, as well as to agents responsible fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Length of traineeships

Article R6341-15

The duration of the internships is as follows: 1° Full-time internships: a) Maximum duration: three years; b) Minimum duration: forty hours; c) Minimum weekly duration: thirty hours; 2° Part-time inte…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-55-1

I. - The Steering Committee of the Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme comprises :1° Members by right :a) The Director General or his representative ;b) The deputy director of the National Ski and M…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 258 D

…ification number;b. The French value added tax identification number of the recipient of the supply;c. The words: "Application of Article 141 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006".II.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28

I.-The rules set out in articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in I of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of I of arti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Provisions applicable to French Guiana

Article R422-4

For the application of this code in French Guyana: a) The words: "academic regional rector" are replaced by the word: "prefect"; b) The words: "academic regional delegate for youth, commitment and spo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: APPLICATION FOR ASYLUM SUBMITTED IN RESPECT

Article L754-5

With the exception of the cases mentioned in b and c of 2° of Article L. 542-2, the removal decision may not be enforced before the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-5

For the application of article L. 3152-4 in Mayotte : a) The benefits mentioned in 1° are those of the schemes mentioned in articles 23-7 and 23-8 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Verification procedures with the Banque de France.

Article R131-7

The person consulting the file indicates the access code allocated to him. In the case of a proxy, the proxy must indicate his or her own access code and that of the payee of the cheque. The query inc…

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