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Showing 27312740 of 32365 articles for Art. CE 4-6-2019 n° 415959

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-4

…e professional for every six children. The establishment shall state in its operating rules the choice made in application of the two preceding paragraphs and shall inform the President of the Departm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Family crèches

Article R2324-48-4

The childcare assistants in a family day nursery meet regularly in the presence of the children they care for for socialisation and early-learning activities, on the premises of the family day nursery…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-43-4

…ect, the updated commercial development authorisation application file. If the application is not accepted, it must be accompanied by a summary of the adjustments made to the project. On pain of inadm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-4-4

A lifting accessory is a component or piece of equipment not connected to the lifting machine, enabling the load to be gripped, placed either between the machine and the load or on the load itself or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Decentralised procedure.

Article R5141-47-4

In order to obtain a marketing authorisation in France and in at least one other Member State of the European Union, for a veterinary medicinal product which does not have any authorisation in the Eur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-40-4

During hospitalisation and the consultations or examinations provided for in article R. 6111-36, appropriate security measures must be taken to respect the confidentiality of care.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L773-41

The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In their wo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L774-41

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article L2333-49

…mpanies operating ski-lift equipment may be subject in mountain areas to a municipal tax on gross receipts from the sale of transport tickets, the proceeds of which are paid into the municipal budget.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article R2333-45

The revenue generated by the tourist tax or the flat-rate tourist tax and the use of this revenue for actions designed to encourage tourism are shown in a statement attached to the administrative acco…

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