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Showing 76917700 of 13078 articles for Art. CE 9-12-2021 n° 439987

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L2331-2

…to sports meetings, circles and gaming houses as well as automatic machines installed in public places ; 4° Proceeds from communal plots allocated for burials and the share accruing to communes in th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-10

…disposals of property; 8° Loans; 9° donations and legacies 10° Transactions involving amounts in excess of a threshold set by the Board on a proposal from the Chairman; 11° The general terms and cond…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection and environment

Article R1533-1

…R. 1333-87, R. 1333-106, R. 1333-138, R. 1333-139, R. 1333-145, R. 1333-169 and R. 1333-173, references to the Labour Code are replaced by references toarticle 134 of law no. 52-1322 of 15 December 19…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-8

…duct to the healthcare professionals mentioned in Article L. 5122-9 is tailored to the target audience. It specifies the date on which it was drawn up or last revised and includes at least the followi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article D914-2

…sdiction in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon shall be determined in accordance with the tables in Annexes 9-6 and 9-7 to this Book.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mandatory registered shares

Article L212-2

…ash shares are governed by the provisions of Article L. 228-9 of the French Commercial Code, reproduced below: "Art. L. 228-9. - Cash shares are registered shares until they are fully paid up. " "Fail…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L642-2

It is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros for any person to obstruct an inspection or investigation by the Autorité des marchés financiers carried out under the condition…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-3-1

…t his or her behaviour may be linked to terrorist activities, be detained on the spot or in the police station where he or she is taken for a check of his or her situation by a judicial police officer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-18

…An order of the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, sets the model for the annual consultation mentioned in I and specifies the pr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-14

Unless otherwise specifically provided for by a reading committee established by these general regulations, the provisions of articles…

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