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Showing 11511160 of 45696 articles for Art. CE 2-12-2022 n° 460100

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-12

The maximum allowances voted by the council or committee of a syndicat de communes, communauté de communes, communauté urbaine, communauté d'agglomération and métropole for the actual performance of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article R721-12

The provisions set out in articles R. 718-2 and R. 718-4 are applicable to this section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Form, content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1242-12

…period.It shall include in particular:1° The name and professional qualification of the person replaced when it is concluded under 1°, 4° and 5° of article L. 1242-2 ; 2° The expiry date and, where ap…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

I.-The participation of an insurance undertaking in a trust contract formed for the purpose of reorganisation pursuant to Article L. 311-41 is valued for the purposes of Article R. 351-1 as a particip…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIa: Judicial measures to help manage the family budget

Article 1200-9

…ing the family budget by decision separate from the other decisions relating to educational assistance. The judicial measure to help manage the family budget may be modified or withdrawn at any time e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Territorial health project

Article R1441-12

Articles R. 1434-1, R. 1434-2 and R. 1434-10 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-12

…ver medium, relating to their business relations or occasional customers, as well as the due diligence measures implemented. They shall also keep, within the limits of their remit, for a period of fiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Union representation

Article R1432-121

For the assessment of the representativeness of the trade union organisations: 1° The percentage of votes cast in the elections to the agency committees in favour of the organisations mentioned in Art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Multiannual risk management programme

Article R1443-12

…comprises a maximum of twenty-one members elected from the plenary assembly of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy referred to in Article D. 1432-28, including :1° No more than three member…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Suspension by the court of the order to leave French territory

Article L752-12

The administrative judge's decision to suspend enforcement of the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory puts an end to the foreign national's house arrest or administrative detenti…

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