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Showing 10911100 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-20

…d, except in cases of force majeure, to request the cancellation of the registration of his diploma and his removal from the relevant roll of the Order.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-9

…investment section or the operating section of the budget includes either programme authorisations and payment appropriations, or commitment authorisations and payment appropriations, the President o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-9

The President of the Executive Council of Martinique presents the administrative account annually to the Assembly of Martinique, which debates it under the chairmanship of one of its members.The Presi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-9

The programme or commitment authorisations and any revisions thereto are presented by the President of the Executive Council of Martinique. They are voted by the Assembly of Martinique when adopting t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval.

Article D325-21

The prefect of the département in which the family holiday home is located may, under conditions defined by decree, after consulting the département's tourist action commission, grant definitive appro…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-21

…operty that he is obliged to inform him whether the property has been subject to a previous seizure and, if so, to provide him with the minutes of such seizure, the bailiff draws up a seizure deed. Un…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-21

The shares remain negotiable after the dissolution of the company and until the close of liquidation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance

Article R1125-21

…lisation or the prolongation of their hospitalisation, causes significant or lasting disability or handicap, or results in a congenital anomaly or malformation ;5° Unexpected adverse reaction: any adv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-21

…The provisions of Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-21

…rticle D. 1271-19, the Minister responsible for personal services will consult the Banque de France and the Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale. Before suspending or withdrawing authori…

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