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Showing 21212130 of 5612 articles for Art. 16 December 2021

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R490-7

…pean Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L773-29

…Union law in the fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agricultureL. 532-2 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 532-3, L. 532-3-1, L. 532-4 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 532-6…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L774-29

…Union law in the fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agricultureL. 532-2 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 532-3, L. 532-3-1, L. 532-4 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 532-6…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-23

…Union law in the fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agricultureL. 532-2 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 532-3, L. 532-3-1, L. 532-4 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 532-6…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-10

…able to Wallis and Futuna.Article L. 1261-1 shall apply there in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter 1-2: Examination of genetic characteristics, genetic identification and genetic research.

Article L1541-5

…onia and French Polynesia:1° Articles L. 1130-1 to L. 1130-6, in the version resulting from law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021, subject to the following adaptations:a) In article L. 1130-2 and in II o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…2017-1174 of 18 July 2017Article D. 225-104-2Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 2020Article D. 225-164-1 Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 2020Chapter VII Des sociétés par actions simplifiées Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Departmental share of excise duty on electricity

Article L3333-2

…he final consumption of electricity mentioned in the present article, in the version in force on 31 December 2020, collected for 2021, increased by 1.5% as well as the change, between 2019 and 2020, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-5

…1, L. 1231-3 and L. 1231-4 are applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021 on bioethics and subject to the adaptations provided for in Article L. 15…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-30-1

…pan-European individual retirement savings product (PEPP) and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/473 of 18 December 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and…

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