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Showing 901910 of 58062 articles for Art. CE 1-4-2015 n° 369586

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-4-4

…e, independently of the functions of coordinator of the grouping of orders and whatever the competences that have been transferred to it, with the responsibility of carrying out all or part of the pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1232-4-4

…d by the author, who must be duly identified by stating his or her surname, first name, date and place of birth. When a person, although capable of expressing their wishes, is unable to write and sign…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-A

I. - Credit institutions and finance companies are subject to an additional capital requirement over and above the requirements laid down respectively in part three of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-4-4

I. - The concepts of recurring transfers and regular transfers referred to in article L. 312-1-7 refer to any transaction credited to the customer's account by the same issuer at least twice during th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-10-5-4

…employee's initiative, the employee sends a written, reasoned request to his employer who, if he accepts the request, refers the matter to the Prefect under the conditions set out in the second to fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligation to report and declare.

Article R1221-49-4

…observes or is aware of post-donation information shall report it without delay to the haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent of the blood establishment where the blood donation was made…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-4

…red into an agreement with the French Anti-Doping Agency for this purpose, on condition that the place where the processed data is hosted is in a State that provides an adequate level of protection fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4-4

No employer may terminate an employee's employment contract during the parental presence leave provided for in article L. 1225-62 or during periods worked if the parental presence leave is split or ta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks

Article R1322-44-4

…he operator and to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who informs the Prefect as necessary.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-46-4

I.-Without prejudice to the minimum amount provided for in VIII or 1° of VI of Article R. 613-46-3, as the case may be, resolution entities falling under VII, IX or X of Article R. 613-46-3 shall meet…

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