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Showing 29312940 of 4213 articles for Art. CE 31 Mar 2017 n° 401059

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-42

…r criminal purposes. To this end, the Registrar shall take into account all the facts and circumstances of which he has knowledge in the course of the control operations, may request from the competen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-6-1

…punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000: 1° Continuing, with regard to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, activities that have been the subject of one…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-7-1

…punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000: 1° Continuing, with regard to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 the activities that have been the subject of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-17

…les articles L. 2511-26, L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-33 of this code and Article 36 of Law no. 82-1169 of 31 December 1982 relating to the administrative organisation of Paris, Marseille, Lyon and the publi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional aid for particularly vulnerable farmers

Article 919-77

To be eligible for exceptional assistance, exhibitors must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 31 October 2021 at the latest.Th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approval of professional associations

Article R513-27

No later than 31 July each year, the association shall send the report referred to in II of Article L. 513-5 to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. This report contains a copy of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Approval of professional associations

Article R519-58

No later than 31 July each year, the association shall send the report referred to in II of Article L. 519-13 to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. This report contains a copy of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Operating conditions

Article A743-7

The Minister of Justice draws up a list of sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de greffiers des tribunaux de commerce which includes the following information: a) The company…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Equalization

Article R6123-33

France Compétences allocates the additional funds mentioned in Article R. 6123-31 to the skills operators in accordance with activity forecasts showing a shortfall in coverage. The activity forecasts…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-10 (art. A212-167)

EQUIVALENCES 1. The State Sports Teaching Certificates mentioned in column 1 of the table below are automatically accepted as equivalent to the State Sports Teaching Certificates mentioned in articles…

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