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Showing 951960 of 44086 articles for Art. Décret n° 2015-587 du 29 mai 2015

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5211-5

…ed by this same article L. 5211-13. Transport costs are covered under the conditions defined by the décret n° 2006-781 du 3 juillet 2006 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des frais o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-41

…icle 74 of law no. 2014-873 of 4 August 2014 for real equality between women and men and decree no. 2015-354 of 27 March 2015 on equal access for women and men to consultative or deliberative commissi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-6

…22-1 and L. 122-2 do not give rise to the right of reply as defined by the Article 13 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press and the article 6 de la loi n° 82-652 du 29 juillet 1982 su…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Award notice

Article R3125-6

…e shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 of 11 November 2015 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the fram…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment

Article D1513-1

Article D. 1332-21 comes into force in Mayotte on 30 June 2015.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operating grants without earmarking

Article L2335-3

…ity is equal, each year, to the amount of the loss of revenue multiplied, from 2009 onwards, by a reduction rate. For 2009, this reduction rate corresponds to the difference between the total amount p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-8

…ty grant for the Greater Paris metropolitan area is equal to that received the previous year. The reductions provided for in Article L. 5211-28 apply to the inter-municipality grant of the Greater Par…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice of concession

Article R3122-1

…particular, a description of the concession and the conditions for participation in the award procedure.This notice shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in Commission Implementing R…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Market surveillance authorities

Article R4314-2

…onsible for labour and the Minister responsible for agriculture carry out their market surveillance duties. The Minister responsible for consumer affairs carries out his market surveillance duties wit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-30

…n of the art cinema commission meeting in a regional formation. The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may, if he considers it useful, consult the national arthouse film co…

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