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Showing 18311840 of 2907 articles for Art. 27 sept. 2011

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-138-2

…Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-36

I.-The provisions of the first paragraph of article R. 5126-27 and those of articles R. 5126-28 and R. 5126-30 relating to requests for the creation and transfer of a pharmacy are applicable to reques…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-29

…nd conditions for the involvement of the public health establishment referred to in article R. 6111-27 are set out in a protocol signed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, the Inter…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-4

…arketing of consumer financial services, and amending Council Directives 90/619/EEC, 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC, where the contract has a close link with the territory of one or more Member States of the Eu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-84

The provisions of 1° to 3° of article L. 312-6 and those of articles L. 312-16, L. 312-17, L. 312-27, L. 312-38, L. 312-39, L. 312-44, L. 312-48, L. 312-49, L. 312-54, L. 312-55, L. 312-56 and L. 312-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1

Article R421-37

…surcharge instituted for the benefit of the guarantee fund by the first paragraph of article L. 211-27 and the sums owed by the insurer in the event of a manifestly insufficient offer established by t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XII: Action to combat discrimination.

Article 1263-1

…f association, to combat discrimination may bring legal actions arising from the loi n° 2008-496 du 27 mai 2008 on behalf of the victim of discrimination. The association must prove that it has obtain…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Role of the radiation protection advisor

Article R4451-124

…raw up the annual occupational risk prevention report and programme provided for in Article L. 2312-27. II - Advice given by the radiation protection advisor under 1° of I of Article R. 1333-19 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating licences

Article R3332-7

I.-The training programme referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 3332-1-1 for the issue of a business licence consists of at least twenty hours of instruction spread over at least three days…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Part-time work.

Article L212-4-4

An agreement or an extended collective branch agreement or a company or establishment agreement may reduce the period provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 212-4-3, within which the employ…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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