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Showing 14111420 of 38618 articles for Art. L. 121-12

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R6147-120

…med Forces Hospital, in particular the members of the reservists' associations mentioned in article L. 4211-1 of the Defence Code, the approved veterans' associations mentioned in article R. 3412-1 of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-12

For each agreement covered by Article L. 441-1, an appropriation sub-account is kept. For each agreement, an appropriation income statement and an appropriation balance sheet account are drawn up, in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R5315-12

…contribute or create a security interest in an asset referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 5315-7 shall be sent to the supervisory ministers, together with the draft agreement with the tra…

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

Article R4331-12

The declaration provided for in article L. 4331-6 shall be sent before the first service is provided to the Prefect of the region designated by order of the Minister for Health.It shall include inform…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pre-assessment and request for treatment

Article R6323-12

…aining course. This positioning does not constitute a training action within the meaning of article L. 6313-1. Once the preliminary positioning has been carried out, a document, attached to the applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-12

…the animals to be tested and their products are destroyed in an establishment mentioned in article L. 226-9. An order by the Minister for Agriculture specifies the content of the declaration and the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-128

The summary report on the performance of the external valuation experts mentioned in article L. 214-55 is made available to unitholders or shareholders who request it, within forty-five days of the pu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article D224-12

The costs that must be borne by the employer pursuant to article L. 224-15 are : 1° Where the collective company pension savings plan gives rise to the opening of a securities account: recurring charg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-12

…a view to drawing up the electoral list for the measurement of the audience referred to in Article L. 2122-10-1, known as the "files of electoral lists for the measurement of the audience of trade un…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D744-12

…f the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9.

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