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Showing 31313140 of 30105 articles for Art. Décret 2015-1763 du 24-12-2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-3

…ctor General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail must indicate : 1° The name or corporate name, address and position of the natural or leg…

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

Article L2224-12-4

…essive tariff that may include an initial free consumption bracket. The tariff progression may be modulated by the number of days of consumption. The progressive tariff may be modulated to take accoun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4331-12-1

I.-Within one month of receipt of the declaration, the Prefect of the region referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 4331-12 will inform the service provider, in the light of the examination…

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

Article L2224-12-2

…etary and Financial Code does not preclude municipalities from being able to stagger the repayments due from owners under the previous paragraph. These sums are collected for the benefit of the sanita…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Tasks and accreditation of associations providing assistance to victims of crime

Article D1-12-6

…on's annual accounts approved at the last general meeting and, where applicable, all the reports produced by the statutory auditor for the last financial year for which the accounts have been closed;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-7

…he sole purpose of monitoring a person who represents a serious threat to public security and order due to his or her radicalisation as a terrorist, the State representative in the department and, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-9

The application for authorisation to import a veterinary medicinal product in parallel is sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environneme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

I. - 1° The products attached to capitalisation bonds or contracts as well as to investments of the same nature subscribed with insurance companies established in France are, when the bond, contract o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-12-1

…ion.When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is notified of a direct or indirect reduction or disposal of a holding, it shall verify that this operation does not call into question th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

…securing the work of the statutory auditor-implementation of the risk and safeguards approach" Introduction 01. This standard applies to all registered auditors acting in their capacity as auditors, r…

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