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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R782-5

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 612-20, with the exception of 2°, 3° and 4° of In° 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017R. 612-20-1 with the excep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R783-5

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-20, with the exception of 2°, 3° and 4° of In° 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017R. 612-20-1 with the excep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R784-5

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-20, with the exception of 2°, 3° and 4° of In° 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017R. 612-20-1 with the excep…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 22: Materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

Article R412-38

…in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 5 and 15 to 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles inte…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…s provided for in II to XII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSIONS RESULTING FROM L. 1521-1 law no. 2004-806 of 9 August 2004 L. 1522-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 1522-2 to L. 1522-5 Orde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offering advantages

Article L1453-4

…rofession regulated by this code, to osteopaths and chiropractors mentioned inarticle 75 of law no. 2002-303 of 4 March 2002 relating to patients' rights and the quality of the health system and to ps…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical health centres.

Article D6124-412

Any establishment with multi-bedded rooms must have at least two single rooms per 20 beds or fraction thereof.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-16 a (art. A322-82)

…11 (*)BeginnersE-14 (*)0 to 12 metres Beginners training towards PE-12 or PA-12 skillsE-24 (*)0 to 20 metresBeginners or PE-12, training towards PE-20 or PA-20 skillsE-24 (*)0 to 40 metresPE-20 or PA…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 21: Hygiene of products, foodstuffs and animal feed mentioned in 6° of Article L. 412-1

Article R412-37

…2° The provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3, 5 to 7, 9 and 23 of, and Annex II to, Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 laying down requirements for f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5121-51

…keting authorisation procedure issued by the European Commission pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, in more than one Member State o…

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