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Showing 38513860 of 29549 articles for Art. 17 mai 2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L753-15

…Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 330-3 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 330-4Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 II.-For the application of I: 1° References to safeguard, receivership or c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article R692-10

…s, the application for authorisation of redundancies is filed by the insolvency practitioner of the main insolvency proceedings at the registry of the competent court. Attached to this application are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article D533-4

…he eligible counterparty in accordance with Article 71(4) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 to apply to be placed in a category offering greater protection if it consid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-13

The application for marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-4

…r pursuant to articles R. 143-41 and R. 143-42 of the French Construction and Housing Code (Exhibit 17). 4° Where applicable, the obsolescence audit drawn up by an approved technical inspector (Exhibi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-15 a (art. A322-72)

…prove the PN-C or PTH-120 skills corresponding to the mixes used in accordance with appendices III-17 a and III-18 a.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R260

Paragraphs 3 to 6 of Article R. 15-17 are replaced by the following provisions:"An examination commission, the members of which are appointed by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention of asbestos-related risks in buildings

Article R1334-14

…16, the owner or owners of the private portion; 3° For the buildings referred to in article R. 1334-17, the owner or owners of the building or, in the case of joint ownership, the joint owners' associ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article D6313-5

…g conditions:1° Titles I and II are not applicable to Saint-Martin;2° Articles R. 4431-1 to R. 4432-17 are not applicable to Saint-Martin;3° Article R. 4433-23 shall not apply to Saint-Martin;4° Artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4412-59

…om the chemical and physico-chemical properties of chemical agents provided for in articles R. 4412-17 and R. 4412-18 ; 3° Measures to be taken in the event of intervention in a confined space provide…

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