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Showing 801810 of 1715 articles for Art. Vertical Guidelines – point 145

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of customs officers responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-8

…e marks awarded for each test by the markers; 3° Lists all the candidates, with the marks and total points obtained by each of them.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-51

…been the subject of French hourly expenditure of €350,000 or more; c) Obtain a minimum number of 30 points under the "Creation" group and a minimum number of 45 points under the "Production" group on…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-27

I.- Regular, acceptable and appropriate tenders, which have not been rejected pursuant to article R. 4122-4-26, are ranked in descending order by applying the award criteria. II - The contract is awar…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-30

A member who has been struck off the Register or who has been subject to the criminal sanctions referred to in articles L. 6242-1 and L. 6242-2 has six months, from the date on which the decision to s…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article D424-4-1

Without prejudice to Article 78 of the aforementioned Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 and for the application of Article L. 424-7, the multilateral trading facility as a…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification of concentrations and granting of authorisation

Article R331-26-1

…ed with the agreement of the prefects of the départements crossed.If the event has several starting points in different départements, the authorisation is issued by the prefect of the département wher…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-7

…the other representative trade union organisations by the employer within eight days. The starting point for the one-year or three-year period is the date of commencement of the previous negotiations…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-5-7

…2224-7-3, may be carried out by making data relating to the geographical location of water supply points and their technical characteristics available on the French public data platform website. An…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of the account for part-time work

Article D4163-26

…remuneration mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 4163-7 is equal to the following product: Number of points used/10 X 60/ working time reduction coefficient. The number of days is rounded to the neares…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-4-3

…the safety of persons; 4° Which is not essential to the operation of the machine or which, from the point of view of operation alone, could be replaced by an ordinary component. A ministerial order is…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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