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Showing 141150 of 17922 articles for Art. Lonsdale v Howard & Hallam [2007] UKHL 32

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-32

…ticle L. 1435-10 with the payment of certain expenses falling within the remit of the regional intervention fund paid directly to healthcare professionals make the payment of the sums on behalf of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Cemeteries and funeral operations (R).

Article R2512-32

The posters provided for in article R. 2223-16 are posted at the gate of each cemetery.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure.

Article D2573-32

I. - The articles R. 2321-1 to R. 2321-3 and R. 2321-7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II, III and IV. II. - For the application of Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation of Disciplinary Boards and Chambers

Article R4125-32

…Disciplinary Boards, the alternate members replace, where appropriate, the full members who are prevented from sitting or who cease to hold office for any reason whatsoever before the end of their te…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-328

Subject to the age limit extension rights applicable to them under the provisions of article 46 of law no. 87-588 of 30 July 1987 on various social measures, the age limit for practitioners governed b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-329

Hospital practitioners governed by sections 1 and 2 who wish to extend their period of service must submit a request to the director general of the Centre national de gestion and at the same time to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Social action

Article L2573-32

…ublic establishments, called communal centres and inter-communal centres for social action, to intervene in matters of social action, in compliance with locally applicable regulations. The High Commis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement judge

Article D49-32

When an application under the provisions of Article 712-5, the sentence enforcement judge must rule by reasoned order no later than two months after the application has been lodged under the condition…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-32

…suant to article L. 4425-18 are as follows: I.-Statements annexed to the budget and the administrative account: 1° Tables summarising the status of borrowings and debts; 2° Presentation of provisions;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Open-cast earthworks.

Article R4534-32

Spoil or material may only be deposited along a trench more than 1.30 metres deep if it is possible to create a berm at least 40 centimetres wide. This berm must be kept clear of any deposits at all t…

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