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Showing 25112520 of 47060 articles for Art. CJUE ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions relating to the invitation to confirm interest

Article R2131-10

Where an invitation to tender has been issued in the form of a prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice, the purchaser shall send a simultaneous written invitation to all economic oper…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-10

At the end of the leave or the period of part-time work mentioned in Article L. 3142-8, the employee returns to his job or a similar job with at least equivalent pay.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-10

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-10

The Board of Directors is made up of representatives of employee trade unions and representatives of professional employers' organisations that are representative at national and cross-industry level.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Harvesting haematopoietic cells from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a minor donor

Article R1241-10

Each of the persons vested with parental authority or, where applicable, the minor's guardian, expresses his or her consent before the president of the judicial court or his or her delegate under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of imprest accounts (R)

Article R1617-10

Revenue administrators are authorised to have a permanent cash float, the amount of which is set by the instrument setting up the agency. The maximum amount of cash that the administrator is authorise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article R754-10

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article D775-10

Article D. 521-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Default provisions

Article R3122-10

The hierarchical appeal against the decision of the Labour Inspector shall be made to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment, and shall be lodged within on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4432-10

An order of the regional prefect sets, by application of the rules defined in articles R. 4432-1 to R. 4432-3 and articles R. 4432-5 to R. 4432-7, the list of bodies of all kinds represented on the re…

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