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Showing 24212430 of 3360 articles for Art. 19 janv. 2005

French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L541-1

…hall apply to the sworn agents of New Caledonia mentioned in Article 86 of Organic Law n° 99-209 of 19 March 1999 on New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations provided for in Articles L. 541-2 and L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Facilities for the disabled.

Article L6222-37

…ration of the contract ; 3° L. 6222-15, relating to successive apprenticeship contracts; 4° L. 6222-19, relating to termination of the contract before the fixed term in the event of obtaining the dipl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article R1110-3-6

…rs la fonction publique; 5° The National Military Social Security Fund instituted by article L. 713-19 of the Social Security Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 10: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article R641-31

…provisions: The application made on the basis of articles L. 624-9, L. 624-10, L. 624-18 or L. 624-19 shall be sent to the liquidator. The applicant shall send a copy to the court-appointed administr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-7

…department, pursuant to I of l'article 53 de loi n° 2004-1484 du 30 décembre 2004 de finances pour 2005, and the reduction made, pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 3334-7-1 of this code, i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…gineers, assistant engineers and research technicians governed by decree no. 83-1260 of 30 December 1983 as amended.-Research teachers governed by decree no. 84-431 of 6 June 1984 as amended and resea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Withdrawal of sentence reductions in the event of non-compliance with obligations

Article D147-43

…by article 712-6, including in the case of a person sentenced for acts committed before 14 December 2005 and for whom the first judicial supervision was ordered by the sentence enforcement court. In t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

…xception of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R. 122-1 to R. 122-17, R. 123-171-1, R. 123-209 to R. 123-219, D. 123-235, D. 123-236, R. 127-1 to R. 134-17, R. 143-23, R. 145-9 to D. 145-19, R. 145-22 to D.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-3

…examination of the design documents, under the conditions set out in articles R. 125-18 and R. 125-19 of the French Construction and Housing Code;3° An enlarged site plan;4° A plan of the site and it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-31

…linical investigations including the processing of personal data as provided for in article L. 1125-19.

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