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Showing 45014510 of 61111 articles for Art. R 151-1–R 151-9

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-15

If the Chairman or a Deputy Chairman considers, either on the basis of the supporting documents referred to in Article R. 1142-13, or on the basis of the observations of the expert(s) to whom he has s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-9

In the event of the opening of safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceedings referred to in Book VI of the Commercial Code or any equivalent proceedings opened under foreign law against a member…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-14

Any driver of a vehicle referred to in article L. 211-1 must, under the conditions set out in the articles of this section, be able to produce a document giving a presumption that the insurance obliga…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for authorising certain research sites

Article R1121-11

The operations mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 1121-13 may only be carried out in the places governed by this section when the research envisaged does not allow these operations to be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Diseases transmitted by insects

Article R3114-14

Orders issued by the Ministers for Health and Ecology and the Minister for the Interior, after consultation with the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: General organisation of markets of national interest

Article R761-15

Users mentioned in 1° of article R. 761-14 provide proof of their registration in France with the Trade and Companies Register or an equivalent registration in a foreign country guaranteeing the lawfu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4451-17

I.-The employer shall communicate the results of the risk assessment and measurements to the health professionals mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 4624-1 and to the Social and Economic C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article R784-11

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Working conditions and organisation of service obligations

Article R6153-1-1

When they have validated all the knowledge and skills required to validate phase 2 of the speciality followed, successfully defended the thesis mentioned in articles…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal from the lists and prohibition on inclusion on the lists

Article R221-15-1

The Minister responsible for sport may, at any time, by a reasoned decision, oppose the registration of an athlete on the lists mentioned in article L. 221-2 when one of the conditions mentioned in 1°…

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