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Showing 28812890 of 29738 articles for Art. Décret n° 2019-1333 du 11 décembre 2019

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-2

Without prejudice to any criminal proceedings that may be brought, where a veterinary medicinal product is placed on the market or used without having obtained the prior authorisation or registration…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R391-1

…10 of Chapter IV and Titles V, VI and VII. "Article R. 310-4 is applicable as amended by Decree no. 2019-1235 of 27 November 2019 transposing the regulatory provisions of Directive (EU) 2017/828 of 17…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Market surveillance authorities

Article R4314-1

…respective remits. The market surveillance authorities shall carry out the tasks set out in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. They shall draw up an investigation and control programme. This pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 771-1

In application of Regulation (EU) 2019/816 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 and of Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 as amended by Directive (EU…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-16-2

…I of Article L. 5214-16 or the organisation of public passenger transport within the meaning of loi n° 82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982 d'orientation des transports intérieurs, la communauté de communes pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to municipalities resulting from a merger with 100,000 inhabitants or less

Article R2113-23

The provisions of Article R. 2511-22 are also applicable to the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-26 as it read prior to la loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectiv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Community of communes

Article L5842-21

…APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5214-7 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5214-8 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 II. - In the last paragraph of Article L. 5214-8, the words: "of Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article D773-17

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 526-2n° 2013-372 of 2 May 2013D. 526-3No. 2019-191 of 14 March 2019D. 526-5n° 2019-191 of 14 March 2019

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article D774-17

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 526-2n° 2013-372 of 2 May 2013D. 526-3No. 2019-191 of 14 March 2019D. 526-5n° 2019-191 of 14 March 2019

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R252-1

…olumn of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR WORDS R. 222-1 to R. 222-4 Resulting from the décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016R. 242-1 to R. 242-4 Resulting from decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June…

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