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Showing 24212430 of 5219 articles for Art. BOI-ENR-DMTOM-40-30 n° 50

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Practice in overseas departments.

Article R5125-44

By way of derogation from the provisions of article R. 5125-40, in the departments of Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Reunion, the replacement of a dispensary holder for an absence of more than thr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-7

The responsible authority will indicate on these pages that the convicted person may exercise his/her right to access and rectify information concerning him/her with the Minister for Employment (Direc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article L2251-5

…e collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy and the communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, employ fewer than 250 people and have an annual turnover not exceeding €50 million or an annual balance sheet total not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-41

…ve having obtained, during the election provided for in articles L. 7343-5 to L. 7343-11, more than 50% of the votes cast for workers' organisations recognised as representative in the field in questi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Apprehension in the hands of the person liable to surrender

Article R222-6

…accordance with the provisions of articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-51

…1-48 ; 2° Set the procedures for recovering hours lost in the cases provided for in article L. 3121-50.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1739 A

…balance of the supernumerary passbook account.The fine is not recovered if its amount is less than €50.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50-13

…e of the conditions set out in Article 706-3, it shall immediately proceed as stated in articles R. 50-17 et seq.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article R5522-14

…sis per hour of training provided, up to a limit of one thousand hours. An initial payment equal to 50% of the cost of the training is made on the date on which the training begins. The balance is pai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-25

…ority. He manages the staff of the collectivity under the conditions set out in article 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984…

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