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Showing 50715080 of 10372 articles for Art. CE 28-9-2021 n° 439145

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-71

…n shall exercise the powers of resolution authority provided for in Regulation (EU) 2021/23 of 16 December 2020 on a framework for the recovery and resolution of central counterparties, under the cond…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Provisions relating to the public establishment for the protection of Mediterranean forests

Article L1424-66

The staff of this establishment are governed by the provisions of loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R78

…cord cards exist, the content as well as that of the entries provided for in Article 769, is reproduced on bulletin no. 1. If not, the bulletin n° 1 is marked: "nil".

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-11

…request the repayment of all or part of the grant in the cases provided for in article 15 of décret n°99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Use of fixed-term usage contracts

Article 122-15

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée notes the non-compliance by beneficiaries of financial aid with their obligations relating to the conditions for the use of customary fixed-term cont…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Procedures to be observed by persons sterilising medical devices

Article R5211-52

Any person who sterilizes with a view to placing on the market CE-marked medical devices designed by their manufacturer to be sterilized before use or systems or kits referred to in Section 10 of this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L5832-2

…2 July 1999 relating to the strengthening and simplification of intercommunal cooperation" are replaced by the words: "the date of creation of the agglomeration community".

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article A232-2

…2 draws up the report and includes in the report all the information in its possession, in accordance with V of the same article, it converts it into euros by applying the exchange rate published in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L364-1

…visions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Articles applicable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF CORSICA

Article L4421-4

…tage code, to the specialised commission for new tourist units provided for in article 7 of the loi n° 85-30 du 9 janvier 1985 relative au développement et à la protection de la montagne et à la commi…

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