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Showing 46214630 of 9148 articles for Art. 9 July 2021

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regulations

Article L784-1

…L. 611-1, with the exception of 11 Order no. 2015-558 of 21 May 2015 L. 611-1-1 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 611-1-2 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 611-1-3 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

…r for Culture . In the absence of an agreement within twelve months of the publication of Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021 transposing Article 2(6) and Articles 17 to 23 of Directive 2019/790 of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 796

…e in a rescue operation or of injuries received in this operation, cited to the order of the Nation;9° Police officers and gendarmes who die in the performance of their mission or of injuries received…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 160 quater

When a company carries out the transactions provided for in articles 48 and 49 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production, the cancellation of shares or cor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-4

…by a fine of €15,000 per offence. These provisions do not apply to cinerary sites created before 31 July 2005.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3a: Continuing vocational training

Article R321-31-3

…of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction under article 14 of the aforementioned law of 16 July 1971. These sums may only be allocated to continuing education initiatives for the persons desi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D711-10-1

…of commerce and industry are competent authorities pursuant to article 32 of law no. 2010-853 of 23 July 2010 relating to consular networks, trade, craft industries and services. To this end, they coo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

…d L. 3215-2 shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-998 of 30 July 2021 on the prevention of acts of terrorism and intelligence, subject to the ada…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Consent of third-party donors not subject to the provisions of this chapter at the time of donation

Article R2143-7

…access to their identity or non-identifying data in application of D of VIII ofarticle 5 of law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021 relating to bioethics. II - On this occasion, the third party donor is in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of provision of services

Article R4222-5

The provisions of articles R. 4112-9 to R. 4112-11 are applicable to the provision of services by pharmacists, the declaration of which is provided for in article L. 4222-9.

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