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Showing 59916000 of 29738 articles for Art. Décret n° 2019-1333 du 11 décembre 2019

French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L462-1

…CLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 431-2, L. 453-1 and L. 453-9 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-28

…eration communities;3° Communities of communes applying the dispositions de l'article 1609 nonies C du code général des impôts;4° Les communautés de communes ne faisant pas application des disposition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Implementing provisions

Article R1333-145

The procedures for applying the provisions of sub-sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this section are defined by decisions of the Nuclear Safety Authority approved by the Minister responsible for radiation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: GUARANTEES GRANTED TO LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES.

Article D1881-1

…8 of 17 December 2021R. 1621-7Resulting from Decree no. 2021-596 of 14 May 2021R. 1621-8 to R. 1621-11Resulting from decree no. 2021-1708 of 17 December 2021D. 1621-12Resulting from decree no. 2016-87…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article R3551-6-1

…rofessional firefighters belonging to the employment frameworks provided for in article 64-1 of law n° 2001-616 of 11 July 2001 relating to Mayotte and volunteer firefighters who, subject to specific…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-29

For the application of this chapter to the establishments mentioned in articles R. 8111-9 and R. 8111-12, the Minister of Defence and the authorities he designates for this purpose are substituted for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-16-1

…t to Article L. 533-22-1. For the credit institutions and investment firms mentioned in Article L. 511-4-3, this article applies to portfolio management activities on behalf of third parties, as defin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-6

Persons or businesses that process or distribute food products as part of a permanent or occasional, main or ancillary commercial or mass catering activity or takeaway sales of prepared dishes may spe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L7153-9

…of French Guyana may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans d'équ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7253-9

…rtinique Assembly may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans d'équ…

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