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Showing 27312740 of 26032 articles for Art. CE 26-4-2017 n° 400441

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L7211-4

For the application of this code in Martinique:1° The reference to the department, the overseas department, the region or the overseas region is replaced by the reference to the territorial collectivi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-4

…fringement provided for in 1° to 4° of article L. 8211-1, it may, if the proportion of employees concerned so warrants, having regard to the repetition or seriousness of the acts observed, order, by r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Informing the administrative authority

Article D1233-4

The notification of the redundancy project provided for in article L. 1233-46 is sent by electronic means to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. In add…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-4

For the purposes of Article L. 561-4, insurance mediation by the persons referred to in 3° bis of Article L. 561-2 constitutes an ancillary financial activity for which these persons are exempt from t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing and administrative control.

Article R3313-4

…website managed by the body mentioned inarticle L. 225-1 of the Social Security Code following a procedure likely to guarantee the conditions provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 3313-3 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: The full quality assurance system

Article R4313-45

…nufacturer are set out in systematic and rational documentation in the form of written measures, procedures and instructions. This documentation includes, in particular, an adequate description of: 1°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Right to support

Article R5131-4

…upings in this work.These guidelines are part of the development plan for the regional public guidance service referred to in 5° of article L. 214-13 of the Education Code and the coordinated regional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure for bodies responsible for vocational integration and training initiatives

Article R6121-4

…vided by the applicant, relating to its financial capacity, in particular its annual accounts, balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and annexes, the resources that will be used to carry out the as…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Programming projects representing programming commitments

Article R212-40

…Article L. 212-23, as soon as it has been notified to the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée pursuant to III of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Decisions that may be taken at any stage of the procedure

Article L721-4

…country of return:1° The country of which the foreign national is a national, unless the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons or the National Court of Asylum has recognis…

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