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Showing 34313440 of 3966 articles for Art. 18 June 1974

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-223

…upervision; 6° For each legal unit, the category of business, as defined by Decree no. 2008-1354 of 18 December 2008 on the criteria for determining the category to which a business belongs for the pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5711-4

…le or established pursuant to Article L. 5721-2, following the procedure defined in Article L. 5211-18.The accession of a semi-public association to another semi-public association does not affect the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-1

…noise attacks as provided for in article 222-16;- threats as provided for in articles 222-17 to 222-18-3;- unintentional harm to the integrity of the person as provided for in articles 222-19-1, 222-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-12

…ert appearing on one of the lists instituted byarticle 2 of the aforementioned law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 or, exceptionally, an expert chosen from outside these lists. The Regional Commission sets…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-2

…L. 1111-26 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting fromOrder No. 2018-1125 of 12 December 2018 issued in application ofArticle 32 of Law No. 2018-493 of 20 June 2018 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…or the document intended for public information provided for in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 or any equivalent document required for admission to foreign regulated markets mentions th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-1

…within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0Ic: Levy on assets, rights and income placed in a trust

Article 990 J

…d the levy is paid and remitted to the competent public accountant by the trust administrator by 15 June of each year at the latest. Failing this, the settlor and the beneficiaries, other than those m…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R154-2

…s; 7° References to the external borders of the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 are deleted; 8° References to Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament and o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-4

…Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, of the other Member States of the European Union;5° The Banque de France and the other ce…

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