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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Work equipment that is new or considered new

Article R4312-1-1

…ors and their separate technical units, systems or components are subject to Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on type-approval and market su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-6-1

…the relevant competent authorities within the meaning of Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, as well as the European Banking…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article R773-9

…same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 518-57 to R. 518-60law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013R. 518-61law no. 2022-124 of 4 February 2022R. 518-62law no. 2012-471 of 11…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article R774-9

…same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 518-57 to R. 518-60law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013R. 518-61law no. 2022-124 of 4 February 2022R. 518-62law no. 2012-471 of 11…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-3

…mentioned in article L. 5121-9-1 or its parallel import authorisation mentioned in article L. 5121-17.It takes all the information measures it deems appropriate for healthcare professionals covered b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-16

Subject to the share valuation procedure provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 125-17, any member of a collective shop may refer any decision taken pursuant to articles L. 125-12, L. 125-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-9

…ed powers are the subject of a special contribution within the general decentralisation grant. From 2013, this special contribution is increased by the amount of financial compensation for the costs m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 A

I. - Non-built properties classified in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and not exe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-31

…in the event that it benefits from aid granted by the support fund created by article 92 of law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the Corsican local authority may deduct from this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L752-5

…4-947 of 20 August 2014 L. 313-3 Order no. 2006-461 of 21 April 2006 L. 313-4 Order no. 2019-740 of 17 July 2019 L. 313-5 Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 313-5-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2…

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