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Showing 921930 of 57820 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2016/1103 · Hague Convention of 14 March 1978

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advisory service

Article L313-14

Advice is considered to be independent if it is provided on the basis of a sufficiently large number of credit agreements available on the market and if its provision does not give rise to any remuner…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: DEFENCE OR SECURITY CONTRACTS AWARDED WITHOUT PRIOR ADVERTISING OR COMPETITION

Article R2322-14

…contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering to meet a need with an estimated value of less than €100,000 excluding tax or for lots with an estimated value of less than €80,000 excludi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-141

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article R. 5121-138, when the medicinal products or products are contained in an outer packaging that complies with the requirements of the said Article, th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Foreign investment subject to prior authorisation

Article R733-14

I. - Pursuant to Article 7, 8° of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the provisions of II, Articles R. 151-1 to R. 151-17 are automatically applicable in French Polynesia.II. - F…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

Victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis B or C virus or the human T-lymphotropic virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal prod…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 D

…blic establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation of general scope taken under the conditions defined in Article 1639 A bis, exempt from the business…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

The concentrations of the chemical agents present in the atmosphere of the workplaces listed in the following table must not exceed, in the workers' breathing zone, the occupational exposure limit val…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Shooting galleries for hunting weapons

Article A322-144

All necessary precautions are taken to guarantee the safety of local residents outside the establishments or installations and the protection of the public, shooters and personnel operating on the sta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R121-14

I. - The general management of La Monnaie de Paris is the responsibility of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, who is appointed under the conditions set out in article 10 of the aforementioned Ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 15: Hospitalisation at home activity

Article R6123-142

I-The holder of a hospital-at-home authorisation with the "base" designation is authorised to provide all the types of care provided for in article R. 6123-139, with the exception of those requiring t…

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