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Showing 71617170 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1435-2

…e L. 3114-5 and the fight against mosquitoes in the departments mentioned in 2° of article 1 of law no. 64-1246 of 16 December 1964 relating to the fight against mosquitoes; 6° Health checks at border…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration on the jobseekers' list

Article R5221-48

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

…finance the operations referred to in Article L. 513-29, housing finance companies may issue bonds called housing finance bonds benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and raise ot…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-23

…on document or a universal registration document provided for by Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, may, within the periods provided for in the first paragraph of I, also file it with the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National biovigilance system

Article R1211-33

…this section; 3° Evaluates the information reported to it, including the results of investigations carried out by the local biovigilance correspondent and the corrective measures put in place; 4° Aft…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-43

…the Agence de la biomédecine is responsible for implementing the monitoring system relating to medically assisted procreation. Within this framework, the Agency: 1° Leads and coordinates the actions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Online sales of corrective lenses and corrective ocular contact lenses

Article R4362-14

…in a legible and comprehensible manner: 1° A hypertext link to the legislation and regulations applicable to optics and eyewear ; 2° A hypertext link to the website address of the Agence nationale de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

…23, the accounting documents mentioned in these same articles and in articles L. 232-25 and L. 232-26 ; 4° For the companies and entities mentioned in 1° of article L. 561-45-1 of the Monetary and Fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-6

Chapter III of Title III of Book III is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands subject to the following adaptations: 1° In articles L. 1333-8 and L. 1333-30, the reference to Cha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Criminal penalties

Article L2223-35

…nces provided for in this article shall also incur the following additional penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the provisions of Article 131-26 of t…

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