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Showing 221230 of 28884 articles for Art. ier AN 25-4-2006 n° 46416

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions

Article R141-25

The Chairman of the Conciliators' Conference may delegate to members of the Conference the powers conferred on him by this Section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-25

…trial period of at least one week, the employee is notified within a period which may not be less than : 1° Twenty-four hours if the employee is present for less than eight days ; 2° Forty-eight hours…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-25

If the owner or his assigns fail to maintain an undeveloped plot of land or part of an undeveloped plot of land located within a residential area or at a maximum distance of 50 metres from dwellings,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-25

…ee's unfavourable opinion, the sponsor may use the information system for research involving the human person to request that his dossier be re-examined by another committee. The sponsor must inform t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-25

When the application of a fiscal or budgetary provision results in an increase or decrease in the operating resources of a commune that is a member of a syndicate by a percentage equal to or greater t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R512-25

Members of the Crédit Mutuel network are notified of the sanctions to which they are liable and invited to express their observations or to be represented at the meeting of the Confédération Nationale…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-25

Any person operating a modelling agency who has drawn up an employment contract that does not include a precise definition of its purpose, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7123-5, is liable t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-25

The order ruling on the request shall be notified to the applicant by the registrar. If a conciliator is appointed, the notification shall reproduce the provisions of articles R. 611-27 and R. 611-28.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: French Development Agency

Article R515-25

The Agency's accounts are audited by two statutory auditors appointed in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 511-38, D. 511-8, D. 511-9 and D. 612-53 to R. 612-60. The statutory auditors are…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: National Council.

Article D4233-25

Before the election takes place, the pairs of candidates and their alternates send or hand in their nomination papers and any circulars to the President of their Central Council, who forwards them to…

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