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Showing 811820 of 32365 articles for Art. CE 4-6-2019 n° 415959

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-6

Officers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the following provisions:1° Chapters I, II and IV of Title I of Book I;2° Sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Chapter I of Tit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article Annexe 6-1

…Site layout diagram, photograph(s): Buildings: number : NAME TYPE (1) STATUS (2) DIMENSION PUBLIC ACCESS (3) (1) Manufacturing workshop, maintenance workshop, administrative building, energy productio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-42

…gs together, deciding by a vote of at least two thirds of the municipal councils of the communes concerned representing more than half of the total population of these communes, or at least half of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Links with companies.

Article R1418-40

The provisions of article R. 4113-110 are applicable, when they are not members of the health professions, to the members of the boards and commissions sitting within the Agency as well as to persons…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Control and accounting

Article R6332-40

…catering and accommodation costs relating to the training followed and, where the training takes place wholly or partly outside working hours, the costs of looking after children or dependent relative…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: EC type-examination.

Article R5211-41

As part of the EC type-examination procedure, the manufacturer must submit to an authorized body for examination a representative sample, called a type, of the production envisaged in order that the b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article R1333-6

Manufacturers, suppliers and users of consumer goods and construction products benefiting from a derogation granted in application of article R. 1333-4 are subject to the provisions of section 6 of th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article L2196-6

…n mentioned in article L. 2196-5 by government officials. They may be required to submit their balance sheets, profit and loss accounts, cost accounting and any documents likely to enable costing.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual obligations of training providers and holders of the personal training account

Article R6333-6

When the Caisse des dépôts et consignations finds that one of the service providers mentioned in article L. 6351-1 has failed to meet the commitments it has entered into, it may, depending on the natu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of the opening of the laboratory and changes to its operation

Article D6222-6

…le L. 6222-1, by any means that can be reliably dated, to the regional health agency or agencies concerned with the creation of the laboratory or site.This declaration includes the following documents…

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