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Showing 25012510 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-7

…reigner in a state of polygamy legally constituted in Mayotte on the date of publication of Law no. 2003-660 of 21 July 2003 on programmes for overseas France or Ordinance no. 2010-590 of 3 June 2010…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…recognition and enforcement abroad pursuant to:- Articles 45 to 58 and 61 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-32-1

…plicable, the decisions taken on the basis of Articles L. 511-41-3, L. 612-32, L. 612-33 and L. 613-20-4 ; 2° Performs the tasks provided for in Article L. 613-20-1 , II, 2. When the Autorité de contr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-21

…assets in eligible financial instruments or money market instruments issued by the same issuer ; 2° 20% of its assets in eligible financial securities or money market instruments issued by the same en…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-7

…ragraph of I applies to group insurance contracts and subscriptions concluded or made no later than 20 December 2012 and to these contracts and subscriptions tacitly renewed after this date. The derog…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Information provided by the promoter

Article R1123-71

…uman person :1° The protocol for research involving the human person referred to in Article R. 1123-20 ; 2° Where applicable, the pharmaceutical form, batch number(s) and expiry date of the medicinal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-3

…hose listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018; 2° If expressly requested by the issuing company or its authorised re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-15

…ractitioners appointed under 5° of article R. 6152-7 who, before the entry into force of decree no. 2020-1182 of 28 September 2020 relating to the modification of the salary scale for full-time hospit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-6

…apters I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII of Title I of Book II;4° Sections 2a, 3, 5, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 and subsections 3 and 4 of Section 6 of Chapter IV of Title II of Book II;5° Chapter VI of Title…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety

Article L452-5

…lure of an operator to implement the withdrawal or recall procedures provided for in Articles 19 or 20 of Regulation No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying…

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