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French Consumer CodeIn force
New legislative part

Article liminaire

…essional who provides an online marketplace for consumers, within the meaning of 2° of I of Article L. 111-7; 16° Commercial practice: any commercial action, omission, conduct, approach or communicati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-2

…he department's collection of administrative acts; 3° Functional allowances provided for in article L. 2123-20, contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 2123-25-2, co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…ording indicated in the right-hand column of the table in I: ARTICLES IN THE WORDING RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1121-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-3 O…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Innovation mutual funds

Article L214-30

…ited liability company shares and current account advances, as defined in I and 1° of II of article L. 214-28, which grant subscribers of equity securities only the rights resulting from their status…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-4

The act of creating, owning, using or managing, whether in return for payment or free of charge, any collective site, outside a public cemetery or an authorised deposit or burial site, intended for th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-18

I.-The supervisory board and the members mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 612-8-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code may refer the situation of a person mentioned in Article L. 311-1 to the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Local electronic communications networks and services

Article L1425-2

…uthorities and their groupings to the management of the reference data referred to in II of article L. 321-4 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration (Code of relations between th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…ording indicated in the right-hand column of the table in I: ARTICLES IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1121-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-3 O…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-2

I. - Taxes and levies collected by way of assessment, on behalf of the Metropole de Lyon, are allocated monthly, in the amount of one twelfth of their total amount, as provided for in the budget for t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L773-30

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 533-1 Ordinance no. 2007-544 of 12 April 2007 L. 533-2 Ordinance no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L.…

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