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Showing 731740 of 60748 articles for Art. CE 11-5-2021 n° 440044 and 440045

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-11

…ment in all civil acts.He prepares the meetings of the Board of Directors, implements its decisions and reports to it on the execution of these decisions.He manages the laboratory's departments and, i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-11

…ted in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the approval of the administrative account and, in any event, before the close of the following financial year. The allocation decision taken b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-11

…investment section or the operating section of the budget includes either programme authorisations and payment appropriations, or commitment authorisations and payment appropriations, the President o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions

Article L6213-11

…ry appear to the biologist in charge to be of such a nature as to jeopardise the health of patients and public health or the operating rules of the laboratory as provided for in this Book, the biologi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-11

In order to be valid, the deliberations of the Committee require the presence of at least five members, at least two of whom belong to the first college mentioned in article R. 1123-4, comprising at l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions and discounts.

Article L7313-11

Regardless of the cause and date of termination of the employment contract, the traveller, sales representative or sales representative is entitled, by way of salary, to commissions and discounts on o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1431-11

The standing committee comprises :1° Three representatives of the State chosen from among the members of the Conseil supérieur de la prud'homie ;2° Six members of the Conseil supérieur, full members o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-11

In the event of conciliation, an extract from the minutes may be issued, stating whether the agreement reached is to be implemented immediately in full or in part. This is equivalent to a writ of exec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and renewal

Article R1173-11

…le R. 1173-1 any project to modify the elements on the basis of which the authorisation was granted and provide them with any useful information to enable them to assess this project. Where it conside…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-11

Water entering a wastewater collection system must, except in the case of unusual situations, particularly those due to heavy rainfall, be subjected to treatment before being discharged into the natur…

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