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Showing 32513260 of 29131 articles for Art. 19 mai 2004

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-18

…ria:1° They are carried out with a person mentioned in the second paragraph of II of Article R. 214-19 ; 2° They are governed by a master agreement referred to in articles L. 211-36 and L. 211-36-1; 3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual authorisation.

Article L7124-1

…nal Security Code; 5° By an employer whose activity consists of making audiovisual recordings whose main subject is a child under the age of sixteen, with a view to distribution for profit on an onlin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Professional qualifications, procedures and quality system

Article R1333-70

I.-The quality assurance system provided for in Article L. 1333-19 corresponds to the set of actions aimed at guaranteeing the quality and safety of medical procedures using ionising radiation for dia…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of a registrant and a correspondent

Article R561-23

…firmed as soon as possible by the authorised person.IV. - The persons referred to in 12° to 13° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 shall personally fulfil the reporting obligation referred to in Article L. 5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to in-house pharmacies

Article R5126-1

…ioned in article R. 2513-5 of the same code and the Paris fire brigade mentioned in article R. 1321-19 of the Defence Code; 6° The Armed Forces Central Pharmacy.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-2

I.-One or more agreements relating to the remuneration of authors concluded between the professional authors' organisations, the collective management organisations mentioned in Title II of Book III o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…21-15, 24-1, 24-2 and 32-4 of this code as well as to Article 2 of Act no. 64-1328 of 26 December 1964 authorising the approval of the Council of Europe Convention on the Reduction of Cases of Multi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions specific to Book I

Article L3341-1

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book I in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° In article L. 3112-3, the word "other" is deleted;2° In article L. 3114-9, the words "within the meaning of C…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions specific to Book I

Article L3321-1

For the application of the legislative provisions of Book I to Saint-Barthélemy:1° In article L. 3112-3, the word "other" is deleted;2° In article L. 3114-9, the words "within the meaning of Commissio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to the surrender of a foreign national who, having exercised a right of mobility, does not meet the conditions for residence on French territory

Article L621-6

A decision to surrender to the competent authorities of a Member State of the European Union may be issued to a foreign national and his or her family members, admitted to reside in the territory of t…

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