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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L763-5

…les In the wording resulting from L. 424-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 424-2 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 424-3 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 424-4 to L. 424-8 Order no.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Kindergartens

Article R2324-47-5

For the kindergartens mentioned in the first paragraph of article 18 of law no. 2019-791 of 26 July 2019 for a school based on trust, the educational project mentioned in 1° of article R. 2324-29 of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L775-20

…able: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 526-1 to L. 526-4 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 526-5 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 526-6 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 201…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-2

…1° The population of the commune was the subject of an amending population decree applicable on 1 January 2008, amending the decree applicable on 1 January 2006 or an amending population decree appl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article L4163-14

…nd mentioned in the first paragraph may delegate the management functions mentioned in articles L. 4163-15, L. 4163-16 and L. 4163-18 by agreement. The term "managing body" referred to in Articles L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-2

…d, suspended or withdrawn in the event of failure to comply with or infringement of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or the provisions of Book II of Part Four and of this Book.Any modificati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions

Article L312-17

In the event of a conviction for one of the offences mentioned in articles L. 312-14 to L. 312-16, the court may prohibit the organisation of public sporting events in the enclosure. Provisional enfor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-28

…"1° bis La fraction du produit net de la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée prévue au D du V de l'article 16 de la loi n° 2019-1479 du 28 décembre 2019 de finances pour 2020 perçue par la Ville de Paris l'a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55

…inal product which is the subject of a complete dossier referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-2

…ry medicinal products referred to in this chapter are those defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and in this Article.II.-The following definitions apply:1° Extemporaneous…

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