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Showing 36913700 of 57820 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2016/1103 · Hague Convention of 14 March 1978

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-3

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall ensure that issuers whose registered office is located outside France, which are not subject to the obligations defined in Article L. 451-1-2, and whose secur…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Additives, enzymes and flavourings intended for human consumption

Article R412-22

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5 and 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Milk products, colostrum and milk or non-milk fats

Article R412-28

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of points 1 and 2 of Chapter IV, 1 and 2 of Section IX "Raw milk, colostrum, milk products and colostrum-based products" o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Burial (R).

Article R2213-31

Any burial in the cemetery of a commune is authorised by the mayor of the commune of the place of burial. This authorisation may be sent by dematerialised means.Any cemetery assigned in whole or in pa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Moulding (R).

Article R2213-5

…in the case provided for in Article R. 2213-6, it is forbidden to cast a corpse:- before the expiry of a period of twenty-four hours from the declaration of death to the town hall;- and without a prio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Burial (R).

Article R2213-32

The burial in a private property of the body of a deceased person is authorised by the prefect of the department where the property is located upon certification that the formalities prescribed by Art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-38

At the end of the period mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 2223-18-1, if the urn is not claimed and after formal notice by registered letter from the person who provided for the funeral…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Exhumation (R).

Article R2213-40

Any request for exhumation must be made by the next of kin of the deceased. The latter must provide proof of his or her civil status, domicile and the capacity in which he or she is making the request…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-39

The placement in a grave, the sealing on a funerary monument, the deposit in a columbarium cell of an urn and the scattering of ashes, in a cemetery or cinerary site subject to concessions, are subjec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Cremation (R).

Article R2213-35

…days after the body entered France.Sundays and public holidays are not included in the calculation of these time limits.Exceptions to the time limits provided for in the second and third paragraphs m…

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