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Showing 551560 of 55426 articles for Art. Loi 2023-1059 of 20 November 2023 – justice programming law

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants.

Article D4241-20

…to in articles L. 4241-6 and L. 4241-14 is chaired by a decentralised authority designated by order of the Minister for Health.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declaration

Article A212-209

In application of the provisions of articles R. 212-88 and R. 212-92, nationals of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who wish to supervise,…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20

…marchés financiers, at its request and for statistical purposes, periodic reports on the activities of their branch. The Autorité des marchés financiers may require the branches referred to in Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-20

Subject to the provision of the second paragraph relating to blood establishments, the establishment or authorised body shall set up a scientific council or a medico-technical committee, responsible i…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-20

…are deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations: 1° For dormant accounts mentioned in 1° of I of the same article L. 312-19, at the end of a period of ten years from the date of the last tr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R6123-20

France Compétences is subject to the economic and financial control of the State under the conditions set out in decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955 relating to the economic and financial control of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-20

…e following conditions: 1° With regard to the proposed job: a) Either this job comes under the list of short-staffed occupations provided for in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Insulation and energy dissipation

Article R4324-20

…without compromising worker safety. Where it is not possible to dissipate the energy, the presence of this energy must be rendered non-hazardous by the use of suitable means made available to the ope…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-20

…l period enables the employer to assess the employee's skills in the job, particularly in the light of their experience, and the employee to assess whether the job is suitable for them.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Internal organisation of approved professional associations

Article R513-20

…shall set up a committee responsible for imposing the sanctions referred to in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 513-5 and in Article L. 513-6 on its members. This committee shall be independen…

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