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Showing 651660 of 41165 articles for Art. CE 20-3-2013 n°s 347881 et 347882

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation

Article L5842-20

…ions provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5214-1, the third paragraph is replaced by the following provisions:"Territorial continuity between the communes that are members of the…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Municipal authorities.

Article D2573-20

…nesia,". III. - For the application of Article R. 2221-17, the words: ", siège de la régie," are deleted. IV. - For the application of Article R. 2221-38, after the words: "L. 2224-4" are inserted the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-20

…one vote. A shareholder may give a written mandate to another shareholder to represent him at the meeting. No member may hold more than two proxies. The General Meeting may only validly deliberate if…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-20

…another Member State of the European Union shall send to the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, by 30 April at the latest, a file in duplicate comprising: 1° All official documents proving the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-20

…the physical, geographical and hydrogeological characteristics of the bathing water and other surface waters in the catchment area of the bathing water concerned, which could be relevant sources of p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Referral to the conciliator and examination of the claim

Article R141-20

…tified to each party. Each party may challenge the conciliators so appointed within three days of receipt of the notification referred to in the first paragraph on one of the following grounds, which…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-20

…l physician expressly states that any continuation of the employee's employment would be seriously detrimental to his health or that the employee's state of health prevents any redeployment in the job…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the implementation by organisers of profit-making sporting events of automated processing of personal data for the purposes of Article L. 332-1

Article R332-20

The processing of personal data mentioned in article R. 332-14 implemented by the organisers of profit-making sporting events must be declared to the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libe…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information

Article L7222-20

…ation on matters falling within its remit, the Assembly may define the conditions under which the necessary computer and telecommunications resources are made available to its members on an individual…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-20

…ncil indicates: 1° The name and company name of the legal entity managing the establishment or service; 2° The type of establishment or service in accordance with II of article R. 2324-17 ; 3° The cap…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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