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Showing 30213030 of 40133 articles for Art. CA Versailles 7-3-2024 n° 22/05759

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-7

Training courses leading to a qualification are referred to as training courses leading to a qualification: 1° A professional qualification registered in the national register of professional qualific…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74

…on as provided for in II of Article L. 5121-12-1 is sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by electronic means by the pharmacist managing the internal use phar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-73

…e, comprehensible and indelible: 1° The name of the medicinal product, the strength, the pharmaceutical form and the common name where the medicinal product contains only one active substance and bear…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 762-1

…d by the sentencing decision to one or more of the following supervision measures: 1° Report periodically to the services or authorities designated by the sentencing decision; 2° Inform the sentence e…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article L613-7

…n at any time.When the foreign national applies to have the prohibition on return revoked, his application is only admissible if he can prove that he resides outside France. This condition does not ap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-79

The employer shall allow an employee who is a candidate for election to the National Assembly or the Senate the time necessary to take part in the election campaign, up to a limit of twenty working da…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APPEALS TO THE NATIONAL COURT ON ASYLUM RIGHTS

Article R532-72

Subject to the application of article R. 532-70, the person concerned is summoned to appear before a panel composed under the conditions laid down by article L. 131-3, within a maximum of twenty days…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-7-4

…sanitation services. A decree in the Council of State defines the terms and conditions for the application of this article and articles L. 2224-7-2 and L. 2224-7-3.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article L22-10-78

…corporate governance report referred to in Article L. 226-10-1 includes the information, where applicable adapted for sociétés en commandite par actions, mentioned in article L. 225-37-4 and articles…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-7-1

I.-For the application of article L. 132-22 to the contracts mentioned in articles L. 143-1 and L. 144-2, the following information is provided annually: 1° The exact reference date of the information…

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