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Showing 36213630 of 4136 articles for Art. Convention franco-britannique 1968

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-1

In addition to the activities mentioned in article L. 6323-1, health centres may :1° Carry out public health initiatives, therapeutic patient education and social initiatives, in particular with a vie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-116

I. - An undertaking for collective real estate investment may carry out temporary sales of financial instruments mentioned in 4° to 7° of I of article L. 214-36, up to a limit of 30% of its assets.II.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Administrative fines

Article L8115-1

The competent administrative authority may, on the basis of a report by the labour inspector referred to in Article L. 8112-1, and subject to the absence of criminal proceedings, either issue a warnin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of foreign employees.

Article L8252-2

The foreign employee is entitled, in respect of the period of unlawful employment : 1° To payment of salary and related benefits, in accordance with the legal provisions, collective bargaining agreeme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-43

For the calculation of the contribution instituted in article L. 1233-84, the number of jobs lost is equal to the number of employees whose redundancy is envisaged, from which is deducted the number o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Association employment vouchers and company service vouchers

Article D1272-1

The employee identification declaration referred to in article D. 133-13-1 of the Social Security Code includes the following information: 1° Information relating to the employee provided for in 2° an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments authorised to collect cells for therapeutic purposes

Article R1242-9

To be authorised to carry out cell harvesting for therapeutic purposes, applicant establishments must : 1° Demonstrate that they have an organisation and operating conditions that allow the satisfacto…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R548-7

Before concluding the loan agreement, the intermediary in participative financing :1° Tells each co-contractor:a) The amount of money made available under the contract between the lender and the proje…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-18

I. - In order to enable the public accountant to issue a collection notice in accordance with Article L. 612-20, VIII, the Banque de France, after receiving the assent of the Autorité de contrôle prud…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules for extension and enlargement

Article D2261-3

When an extension or enlargement order is envisaged, it is preceded by the publication of a notice in the Journal officiel de la République française. This notice invites interested organisations and…

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