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Showing 37013710 of 8088 articles for Art. Cons. const. 28-12-2017 n° 2017-758 DC

French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1763 C

When the administration establishes that a fonds commun de placement à risques, a fonds professionnel de capital investissement or a société de libre partenariat whose rules or articles of association…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-1

I.-The placing on the market, putting into service and making available on the market of medical devices and their accessories shall comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the Europ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multilateral trading facilities.

Article D424-4-1

Without prejudice to Article 78 of the aforementioned Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 and for the application of Article L. 424-7, the multilateral trading facility as a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article D784-13

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 614-1n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 614-2No. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 614-3no. 2005-1007 of 2 A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: French Development Agency

Article R515-15

At 1 January 2017, the Agency's endowment amounted to two billion eight hundred and seven million nine hundred and ninety-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty-six euros.This endowment may be increas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-32

I. - The unique identifier at unit pack level meets the conditions set out in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/574 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for the establ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

I. - The Minister responsible for the economy shall determine, in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the conditions of application of the foll…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

Where the second paragraph of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5223-3

The advertising of certain devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746, the failure of which is likely to cause a serious risk to health and the list of which is set by order of the Min…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-48

A cross-border partial contribution of assets is the transaction whereby a société par actions or a société à responsabilité limitée with its registered office in France participates in a transaction…

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