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Showing 15211530 of 20783 articles for Art. CE 17-5-1999 n° 188870

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-17-1

…on of the on-call system is regulated by the organisations representing the profession. In the absence of an agreement, or if the organisation chosen does not meet public health needs, a decision by t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-17-2

Wholesaler-distributors are required to comply with the public service obligations determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat within their distribution territory.They ensure continuous supply to the n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-171-1

The notice provided for in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE) of 8 October 2001, in the event of the registration and deletion of a European…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article R22-10-17

…ntain the following information: the name or corporate name of the person directly or indirectly concerned, the nature of his relationship with the company, the date and the financial terms of the agr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6251-17-1

…operation policies in the Antilles-Guyane zone provided for in I of Article L. 4433-4-7, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6351-17-1

…operation policies in the Antilles-Guyane zone provided for in I of Article L. 4433-4-7, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-17-1

The status of judicial police officer is granted, pursuant to the article 20-1, to those retired national police officers and those retired national gendarmerie military personnel called up to serve i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-17-3

…within whose jurisdiction their department or unit of assignment or the location of their training centre, school or instruction centre is situated during their training to perform the duties of an i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-17

…e Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal is notified directly to the authorised customs officer, who may submit comments in writing within a period of fifteen days, at the end of which time th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R15-17-2

…on assistant may be performed by the staff mentioned in article 21-3 who have passed an examination certifying their suitability to carry out the duties provided for in that same article, after having…

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