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Showing 27712780 of 14329 articles for Art. CE 8-11-1978 n° 8603

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L754-8

…of 9 August 2017 L. 314-13 and L. 314-14 Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 L. 314-15 with the exception of its second paragraph Order no. 2013-79 of 25 January 2013 L. 314-16Order no. 2017-1433 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-8

I.-The provisions of articles L. 5124-1 and L. 5124-2, with the exception of the provisions of the first paragraph of this article, apply to the medical supply establishments of the armed forces healt…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and content of the plan

Article R4251-8

…number, themes and structure of which are freely decided by the region, within the areas of competence of the plan. It includes the rules defined by articles R. 4251-8-1 to R. 4251-12 as well as any o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Monitoring the insurance obligation

Article A211-8

The insurance certificate and provisional insurance certificate must be yellow. They must be no smaller than 7 x 8 cm and no larger than 21 x 29.5 cm. These documents must also comply with the standar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employers' groups

Article R1255-8

…lities or means of public transport in the user company prevents a temporary employee from having access, under the same conditions as the employees of this company, to these public facilities, in dis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article R775-8

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Contributions and taxes other than those provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L3333-8

…d'Etat subject to the provisions of the first and second paragraphs of the sole article of the loi n° 53-661 du 1er août 1953 fixant le régime des redevances dues pour l'occupation du domaine public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceeding limit values

Article R4451-81

Any worker whose health status exceeds one of the limit values set out in articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8 will benefit from the health monitoring applicable to workers classified in catego…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for redeployment and retraining measures

Article R5522-88

…R. 5123-17 in Mayotte, the words: "in 1° of article L. 351-8 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "in the second paragraph of article 6 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-8

…28 October 2020 or scheduled to be released in cinemas on 4, 11 or 18 November 2020 or between 15 December 2020 and 6 January 2021.

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