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Showing 24512460 of 27113 articles for Art. Rép. Carrez: AN 4-4-2017 n° 93563

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks of national centres of reference

Article D1413-47

…tions specify in particular the obligations of the national reference centres relating to: 1° Compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 1451-1 to L. 1452-3 of the Public Health Code; 2° Management…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: The safety study

Article R4462-4

Any change made to the activity or equipment of a pyrotechnic installation, or any change made in the vicinity of a fixed pyrotechnic installation that may have an effect on the prevention and protect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Territorial psychiatric communities

Article D6136-4

…t least: 1° The objectives pursued by the territorial psychiatric community in terms of psychiatric and mental health services and pathways in accordance with the territorial mental health project and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-4

Investment firms are legal entities, other than portfolio management companies and credit institutions, which are authorised to provide the investment services referred to in Article L. 321-1 on a reg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-46

…far as they are necessary for the purposes defined in article R. 40-43, the following personal data and information may be stored in the automated processing system: 1° For electronic communications s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1200-4

…of their right to choose a lawyer or to request that one be appointed for them ex officio, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1200-5. It shall also inform him of the opportunity to consult t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-40

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1442-4

The following are members of the Commission de coordination dans le domaine des prises en charge et des accompagnments médico-sociaux de la Guadeloupe, de Saint-Barthélemy et de Saint-Martin:1° The Di…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L313-46

For loans with a variable or reviewable interest rate, the lender is required, once a year, to provide the borrower with information relating to the amount of capital still to be repaid.In the event o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation of the company

Article L4041-4

I.- An interprofessional ambulatory care company must have at least two doctors and one medical auxiliary among its members.Where the company no longer meets the condition set out in the first paragra…

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