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Showing 10711080 of 3917 articles for Art. 31 January 2012

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…of the provisions of articles L. 352-1, R. 352-2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the concentration risk sub-module…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-51

…orate-General of Public Finance and exclusively, by way of derogation from Article 25 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management, either by submi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-13

…and the financial account are enforceable under the conditions laid down in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. Decisions relating to th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6314-3

…ble in the following matters: 1° Taxes, duties and fees under the conditions set out in Article LO 6314-4; land registry; 2° Road traffic and road transport; maritime services of territorial interest;…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2564-22

I.-The articles L. 2331-5 to L. 2331-10 are applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014. II.-Until 31 December 2013, revenue from the investment section of the budget of the communes of Mayotte includes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-4

…part in a deliberation or who abstains from sitting pursuant to article 12 of law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authorities and independent public…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-61

Until 1 January 2020, the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 shall publish the annual report on the solvency and fina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition, organisation and operation

Article L7345-4

…cated up to the ceiling set in I of Article 46 of the Finance Act 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 for 2012.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-4 (art. A212-188)

…"Organisation and assessment" of appendix V "The technical test" of the modified order of 11 April 2012 relating to the specific training for the national alpine ski instructor diploma. II. - Safety…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2

…contracts not cleared by a central counterparty compliant with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counte…

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