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Showing 17511760 of 3206 articles for Art. 18 janv. 1983

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.

Article L945-9

Article L. 525-18 is amended as follows: I.-In 1°, the reference to Decree no. 53-968 of 30 September 1953 is replaced by the reference to Decree no. 55-639 of 20 May 1955; II.-The 2° is worded as fol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.

Article L935-9

Article L. 525-18 is amended as follows: I.-In 1°, the reference to Decree no. 53-968 of 30 September 1953 is replaced by the reference to Decree no. 55-639 of 20 May 1955. II.-The 2° is worded as fol…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Temporary work

Article R1262-16

…mentioned in article L. 1251-21, and with regard to remuneration in accordance with article L. 1251-18.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-43

…plus income of mutual insurance companies operating in one or more of the classes mentioned in 1 to 18 of Article R. 321-1 is distributed among the members in accordance with the conditions laid down…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to declare goods in detail, customs representatives.

Article 86

The conditions under which a customs representative may provide his services pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 estab…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 3

ANNEX 3 MENTIONED IN ARTICLES R. 142-13, R. 142-14, R. 142-18, R. 142-21, R. 414-5 AND R. 431-1 PERSONAL DATA WHICH MAY BE RECORDED IN THE AGDREF2 AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEM PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Electronic trade in medicinal products by a dispensing pharmacy

Article L5125-35

…aph of article L. 5125-33 is subject to the existence of the licence referred to in article L. 5125-18 or the decision of the Minister for Health referred to in article L. 5125-10 and the actual openi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of embryonic or foetal tissues or cells for scientific purposes following termination of pregnancy.

Article R1241-23

…spend or prohibit implementation of the protocol under the conditions described in Articles R. 1232-18 and R. 1232-22. The decision to suspend or prohibit is communicated to the Director General of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-16

…cle R. 1434-19, the reference to article R. 1434-13 is replaced by the reference to article R. 1441-18 and the words: "provided for in article L. 182-2-1-1 of the Social Security Code" are deleted.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-7

…smitted in the form of the following statement for each of the sections "x" whose code from "1" to "18" is defined in the annex to this article on the basis of the nomenclature of activities provided…

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