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Showing 16311640 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation, transformation and abolition of public health establishments.

Article R6141-12

…General of the Regional Health Agency for the region in which the establishment's head office is located, after consulting the establishment's supervisory board, the specialised commission for the or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Canvassing offences

Article L754-20

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting fro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conciliation procedure

Article R1110-12

The committee will meet at a venue agreed between the local health insurance body and the local professional association. Failing this, it is hosted by the authority that received the complaint. At th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterparts to financial aid

Article 121-2

…ocuments or documents serving as such;2° In return for financial aid for the modernisation of technical industries and technological innovation, beneficiaries must provide the Centre National du Ciném…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Enforcement measures

Article L633-12

I. - If the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, when appointed as coordinator, finds that the regulated entities of a financial conglomerate comply with the requirements referred to in A…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Agence de développement touristique de la France.

Article D141-12

…appointed respectively by the Union des métiers et des industries de l'hôtellerie (UMIH), the Syndicat national des hôteliers, restaurateurs, cafetiers et traiteurs (SYNHORCAT), the Groupement nation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of the payee's payment service provider

Article L722-12

…procedures based on the risk assessment referred to in Article L. 561-4-1, to determine whether to carry out, reject or suspend a transfer of funds that is not accompanied by the required complete in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-12

The junior doctor is entitled to sick leave upon presentation of a medical certificate, up to a limit of twelve consecutive months, during which time he receives, for the first three months of this le…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Discipline.

Article L811-12

…en the temporarily disqualified administrator resumes his duties.The penalty of temporary disqualification may be suspended. If, within a period of five years from the pronouncement of the sanction, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-20

…511-5 and article L. 511-6, with the exception of V, of the Construction and Housing Code are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III, IV and…

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