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Showing 761770 of 19750 articles for Art. CE 25-5-1988 n° 81512

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-5

…raining is carried out within a company, a public authority or an association authorised in accordance with article L. 2223-23. For each candidate, this training is the subject of an agreement conclud…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-25-1

The commission comprises nine full staff representatives and an equal number of alternate staff representatives. Each trade union organisation sitting on the social committee of the administration app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R532-25-1

…sh a branch ;2° A programme of operations setting out, in particular, the investment and other services it intends to provide and identifying the AIF it intends to manage;3° The organisation of the br…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Responsibilities

Article R1233-25-3

The committee responsible for health, safety and working conditions issues exercises the powers provided for in Articles 57 to 59, 61 to 71, 73 and 74 of the above-mentioned Decree of 20 November 2020…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25-1

For the "Contextualisation of violence" group, points for each of the sequences in the game are awarded as follows: 1° The violence is disproportionate and gratuitous: 1 point; 2° The violence is crud…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-25

…d A331-23) DefinitionEvents with motorised land vehicles that are not regulated in the other appendices, such as tractor pulling.Rules relating to the circuit or courseThe course must be closed to pub…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-4

When they concern one or more of the offences mentioned in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Penal Code as well as the offences mentioned in articles L. 224-1 et L. 225-7 of the Internal Security Code, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-25

…e a global ruling on these applications and issue a single authorisation for all the territories concerned.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation to authorised establishments

Article D6241-25-1

…et consignations the following information relating to companies liable for payment of the apprenticeship tax: 1° The identification numbers mentioned inArticle R. 123-221 of the Commercial Code ; 2°…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other authorised agents

Article L511-25-1

In addition to competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers, the following are authorised to investigate and record breaches of Article L. 412-13:

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