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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-5

…application for approval, accompanied by the information and documents listed in Annex I to Decree No. 2016-1139 of 22 August 2016, shall be sent by the head of the laboratory to the public establish…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-23

…interested party to the authorities mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 722-21 in a sealed double envelope marked confidential. The authority to which the declaration is addres…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-33

…28(1), Article 29(1), Article 32(1) and Article 33(1) of amended Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products ; 2° Les dispositions des articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2446-2

…provided for in this chapter. II -Article L. 2222-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Article L. 2223-2 is a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3845-1

Articles L. 3115-1, L. 3115-2, L. 3115-6 and L. 3115-7, in the version resulting fromOrder No. 2017-44 of 19 January 2017, are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-1

The staff of the departments of the High Council is composed in accordance with Article 16 of Law No. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general statute of independent administrative authorities and in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Common provisions

Article D420-5

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/591 of 1 December 2016 clarifies the definition of economically equivalent OTC contracts.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5722-2

The provisions of article L. 5212-21 and article L. 5212-21-1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Equalisation funds

Article 1648 A

…ness tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the amount of this allocation is reduced…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative police measures

Article L521-3-1

…practice cannot be identified or has not complied with an injunction issued pursuant to Article L. 521-1, the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may, by means of…

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