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Showing 27912800 of 3129 articles for Art. CA Colmar – 22 Nov. 2023 – no. 22/00551

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-54

…tion are composed of constituents authorised under the conditions laid down in article 11 of decree no. 73-138 of 12 February 1973 implementing the law of 1 August 1905 on fraud and falsification with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Register of security interests and other related transactions

Article R521-2

The register governed by this chapter ensures the publication:1° Pledges without dispossession with the exception of the pledges mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 2338 of the Civil Code;2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Observatories for medicinal products, medical devices and therapeutic innovation

Article R1413-90

In each region, an observatory for medicinal products, medical devices and therapeutic innovation is responsible for the following: 1° Supporting the drafting of the contracts mentioned in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…Evaluation and Statistics, the Directorate General for Health and the Directorate General for Healthcare Provision, the Directorate for Social Security, the General Secretariat of the Social Ministrie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-5

I.-The Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall send a formal notice, by any means capable of establishing the date of receipt, to the following operators: 1° Operators and natural or leg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-9

ASBESTOS DETECTION PROGRAMMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES R. 1334-20, R. 1334-21 AND R. 1334-22 List A mentioned in article R. 1334-20 COMPONENT TO BE PROBED OR CHECKED Flocking Insulation False ceilings…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Funds open to non-professional investors.

Article R214-186

…nvesting more than 10% of their assets in: a) In units or shares of UCITS covered by article D. 214-22-1 or FIAs covered by article D. 214-32-31 ; b) in units or shares of UCITS governed by French law…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assessment, non-discharge and collection costs

Article 1641

…tax on non-built-up properties;c) Council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling;d) Cotisation foncière des entreprises;e) Imposition forfaitaire sur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-8

…mpetence of organising authority for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18-2

…he European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments with regulatory technical standards relating to the data to be published by execution platforms on the quality of executio…

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