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Showing 25312540 of 13064 articles for Art. CE 9-12-2022 n° 459206

French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-12-1

Except where the safety management system is subject to periodic inspection under the conditions laid down in article R. 342-12-2, its guidelines and any modifications to them must be approved by the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12-1

…o the contrary. This article does not apply to water consumption from hydrants and fire hydrants placed on the public domain.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7125-12-1

…ividual right to training calculated in euros, which may be accumulated over the entire term of office within the limit of a ceiling and the annual amount of which is set for a period of three years.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-12-1

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryonic stem cell research.

Article R2151-12-4

All research declared under Article L. 2151-6 is placed under the direction of a responsible person designated by the declaration mentioned in Article R. 2151-12-2. The person responsible for the rese…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article R5141-96-1

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall immediately inform the European Medicines Agency and the other Member State…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-12

…the applicant temporarily stores data on interim computer media made available by the computer service mentioned in Article R. 123-30-9, the administrative authority responsible for implementing this…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-12-4

…thor to the operator and to the Prefect within two months of the inspection. Within two months of receiving the report, the operator must inform the Prefect of the measures taken to ensure compliance…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-51

For the period between 29 December 2021 and 29 March 2022, the rates are set at :- 290.40% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 155.21% when the am…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-9

…ound for a French port, the representative of the State at sea and senior civil servant in the defence and security zone may decide, after consulting the representative of the State in Wallis and Futu…

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