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Showing 24612470 of 5312 articles for Art. 15 October 2015

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-7

…rity audit carried out by a qualified trust service provider under the conditions set out in Decree 2015-350 of 27 March 2015 relating to the qualification of security products and trust service provi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-2

…ishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status on the date of promulgation of loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République may not belong t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…L. 335-4 and Articles L. 133-1 and L. 133-4, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2021-1382 of 25 October 2021 on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digital age;Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L734-7

…ember 2000 L. 163-3 Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 L. 163-4 and L. 163-4-1 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 163-4-2 Order no. 2011-267 of 14 March 2011 L. 163-5 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352

…the previous paragraph, on expiry of the four-month period provided for by Decree no. 2001-908 of 3 October 2001 implementing the second paragraph of Article 6(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) no. 2913/…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-9

…ropean Community has moved, contrary to Article 7 of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001, the public prosecutor of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information for consumers of packaged natural mineral water

Article R1322-44-10

…or in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011, as amended, on the provision of food information to consumers, the following particula…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-16

By way of derogation from the provisions of article 723-15, in the event of an emergency motivated either by a risk of danger to persons or property established by the occurrence of a new fact, or by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorities or persons contributing to judicial supervision

Article R16

…under the conditions and according to the rules of competence and procedure defined by articles R. 15-35 to R. 15-40.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5132-38

…for the Budget revalorises this aid in line with changes in the minimum growth wage from 1 January 2015.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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