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Showing 551560 of 41165 articles for Art. CE 20-3-2013 n°s 347881 et 347882

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to elected representatives who are public servants (R).

Article R2123-20

…benefit of training leave is by right to carry out a training course or attend a training session meeting the criteria set out in article R. 2123-12. It may, however, be refused if the requirements of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multiannual regional plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1434-20

The duration of the regional multiannual plan for risk management and efficiency in the healthcare system, drawn up by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, is two years. The plan may be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-20

Payment appropriations corresponding to programme authorisations are to be paid in the following proportions: - 42% during the year in which these allocations are granted; - 35% during the year follow…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-20

…For the written tests, candidates may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law, excluding, however, codes annotated and commented on, arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-1

…subject to the regulations applicable to them: 1° Commercial agents mentioned in articles L. 134-1 et seq; 2° Persons carrying out the activity of press salesman and peddler mentioned in article 22 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-20

…le R. 5134-18 , agents of the bodies mentioned in article L. 262-16 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code), designated and authorised by the authority responsi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-20

When informed of one of the events mentioned in Article L. 5212-2, the Director of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Med…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article L331-20

…L. 336-3 are brought to its attention, the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique may send the subscriber, under its stamp and on its behalf, by electronic means and via…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employers' group made up of private-sector members and local authorities.

Article L1253-20

…time devoted by each employee to tasks carried out on behalf of member local authorities may not exceed, over the calendar year, three quarters of the contractual or conventional working time or, fai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-20

The maximum functional allowance voted by the Assembly of French Guyana for the actual performance of the duties of president of the Assembly of French Guyana is determined by applying the rate of 145…

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