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Showing 28212830 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-30

…n the paid leave funds with a view to allocating the daily bad weather allowance defined in Article L. 5424-12 have separate accounts from those of the other departments of the compensation fund.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Other financial provisions

Article D1271-30

…he organisation that finances all or part of the special payment vouchers mentioned in B of article L. 1271-1 issues a tax certificate to the beneficiary of the services paid for by these vouchers, in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-8

…nce contract for the sale of foodstuffs, the trader shall provide the consumer, pursuant to Article L. 221-5, in a legible and comprehensible manner, the information required by Regulation (EU) No 116…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Additional remuneration

Article R1435-9-8

…85-30 of 9 January 1985 relating to the development and protection of mountain areas or in article R. 133-32 of the Tourism Code and all or part of whose territory is more than thirty minutes from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Participatory finance service providers

Article D775-30

…the words "under Directive (EU) 2015/2366" are replaced by the words "within the meaning of Article L. 314-1" and the words "pursuant to Directive 2015/365/EU" are replaced by the words "within the me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the transfer of the person for trial on the merits or for trial on the application of article 122-1 of the Criminal Code

Article D47-37-2

…122-1 of the Criminal Code, in accordance with the procedures specified in Section II of this chapter. If the person is subject to a security measure and the alleged offences constitute a misdemeanour…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial training

Article D722-30

The failure to fulfil the training obligation provided for in article L. 722-17 and the date of cessation of duties are recorded by the first president of the court of appeal. The first president of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-9

…fying the conditions under which they must be met in accordance with the provisions of the articles R. 53-8-13 to R. 53-8-15. This document informs the person entered in the file that the State admini…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Involvement of the State representative in the département

Article R1334-29-8

Pursuant to 1° of article L. 1334-15, in the event of non-compliance with the identification obligations defined in articles R. 1334-17 to R. 1334-19, to carry out dust measurements, to monitor the st…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R53-8-23

…context of proceedings referred to in 2° of Article 706-53-7 or notified in accordance with Article R. 53-8-26, can query the file based on the following criteria, even if incomplete: "- case number;…

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