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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

…step 3rd step 4th step 5th step 0 16 010 12 940 11 430 9 940 8 490 1 17 790 14 370 12 700 11 050 9 420 2 19 580 15 810 13 980 12 160 10 350 3 21 360 17 250 15 240 13 260 11 300 4 23 130 18 690 16 510…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-47

…dging the risks of the credit institution or the group, within the meaning of III of Article L. 511-20, with the exception of the subsidiary mentioned in this article;d) Market making. The Minister re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Accounts and deposits.

Article R312-19

…I. - Without prejudice to the information provided for in the last paragraph of I of article L. 312-20, the information provided for in the last paragraph of I of article L. 312-19 is renewed annually…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

…ndment signed in Algiers on 28 September 1994 and by its third amendment signed in Paris on 11 July 2001, approved by the loi n° 2002-1305 du 29 octobre 2002 and published by the decree no. 2002-1500…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-7

…daptations provided for in II to XVIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2123-1La loi n° 2022-217 du 21 février 2022 relative à la différenciation, la décentralisation, la déconcentration e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-1

…L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-1635 du 1er décembre 2016 renforçant le dispositif français de lutte contre le blanchiment et l…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract

Article L224-28

…om the end of the twelfth month may, however, be subject to payment by the consumer of no more than 20% of the amount due in respect of the unexpired portion of the minimum period of performance of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1872-1

…12, the articles L. 1612-13 to L. 1612-15, L. 1612-16 to L. 1612-19-1 and the I of Article L. 1612-20 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: General training common to mountain sports teaching, supervision and training professions

Article A212-170

…n mountain sports may enrol. The enrolment file, the composition of which is set out in appendix II-20, must be submitted to the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne at least two months before the d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article R351-8

…on of its 5°, R. 314-5 with the exception of its 1°, R. 314-6 to R. 314-9 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 314-10 to R. 314-13 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R…

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