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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Resources and means

Article L1233-6

…on. The Citizens' Reserve for Territorial Cohesion is part of the civic reserve provided for by Law 2017-86 of 27 January 2017 on equality and citizenship. It is governed by Articles 1 to 5 of the sam…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L717-5

…n application for a national trade mark in the cases provided for in Article 139 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017. In these cases, the national trade mark application must, on pain of reje…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction and powers of Deputy European Public Prosecutors

Article 696-109

…ecutors shall exercise, pursuant to Articles 4 and 13 of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the powers of the public prosecutor and the public prosecutor at the c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…nsurance and reinsurance (Solvency II) in the version in force on the date of publication of Decree 2017-1171 of 18 July 2017 laying down the rules applicable to supplementary occupational pension fun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-5

…opean Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who: 1° On 1 June 2017, provides evidence of practice in a structure equivalent to an in-house-use pharmacy in one of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection measures

Article L1151-2

…techniques and methods relating to the groups of products mentioned in Annex XVI of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medical devices, a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZH

…ing organised and operated under the conditions set by I of article 137 de la loi n° 2019-486 du 22 mai 2019 relative à la croissance et la transformation des entreprises et pour les paris sportifs en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-2

I.-If the manufacturer of a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 or, where applicable, its authorised representativ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Site or operation contract

Article L1223-8

…s use is customary and consistent with the regular practice of the profession using it on 1 January 2017. This contract is concluded for an indefinite period.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for securitisation funds

Article L214-181

…market or are offered to the public and a document is to be drawn up pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, the management company shall draw up this document.

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