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Showing 391400 of 15706 articles for Art. CE 16-7-2021 n° 448500

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interventional radiology activities

Article R6123-169

The provisions of sub-section 2 of section 7 of this chapter relating to cancer treatment activities are applicable to the holder of the authorisation under grades C and D when it carries out interven…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-16

The AMF may carry out surveillance, monitoring and investigation activities at the request of foreign authorities with similar powers. Where such activities are carried out on behalf of authorities of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1251-16

…erms and conditions of the remuneration due to the employee, including the end-of-assignment allowance provided for in article L. 1251-32;4° The length of any trial period;5° A clause covering the rep…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: National holiday voucher agency

Article L411-16

The agency's resources include in particular 1° Proceeds from the sale of holiday vouchers to employers and social organisations under the conditions set out in Articles L. 411-11 and L. 411-18 to L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-16

…tonomy:1° Their spouse ;2° cohabiting partner ;3° Their partner in a civil solidarity pact ;4° An ascendant ;5° a descendant ;6° A dependent child within the meaning ofArticle L. 512-1 of the Social S…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-16

…ter.An application for amending registration is submitted within one month of the event making it necessary to correct or add to the information provided for in the previous two paragraphs, via the si…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article D2362-16

…L. 2352-4, the holder of each additional seat represents a number of employees equal to the workforce of the company to which that seat has been allocated. The total number of employees calculated, f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-16

The following shall be determined, as necessary, by decree in the Conseil d'Etat:1° The conditions under which the additional information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation 2019/6 of 11 December…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting nosocomial infections and collecting information about them

Article R6111-16

Any healthcare professional who, in the course of his duties within a health care establishment, observes one or more cases of nosocomial infections, informs, on the one hand, the practitioner respons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting of positions

Article L420-16

…the number of long and short positions held by these categories, the changes in these positions since the previous report, the percentage of the total open positions that each category represents and…

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