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Showing 21312140 of 59838 articles for Art. L. n° 2022-297 du 2 mars 2022

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-2

…ibunal de première instance statuant en matière commerciale";-"conseil de prud'hommes" by "tribunal du travail". Similarly, references to legislative provisions not applicable in the Wallis and Futuna…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-26

…This decree or, as the case may be, this order results in the consecutive implementation of article L. 5211-25-1. When the conditions for liquidation have been met, the dissolution of the public estab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-22

…g shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat: 1° Where necessary, the professional rules ; 2° The composition and operation of the commission referred to in article L. 4321-4 and the conditio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-22

…urities are admitted to trading on a regulated market for any information on the persons they control. The statutory auditors of the persons referred to in the first paragraph of this II shall communi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article L6214-2

…al biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence, the provisions of Articles L. 6211-10, L. 6211-19 and L. 6212-3 are applicable only to laboratories on the list provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation of the company

Article L4041-2

…pooling of resources to facilitate the exercise of the professional activity of each of its members;2° The joint practice, by its members, of therapeutic coordination, therapeutic education or coopera…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances.

Article L5432-2

…eparations included in lists I and II or classified as psychotropic substances mentioned in article L. 5132-1; 2° Medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5111-1, when these products are included in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1343-2

…ly with the obligations laid down in ... is punishable by three months' imprisonment and a fine of €20,000: 1° Article L. 1341-1 relating to the information needed to prescribe preventive and curative…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-20

Notwithstanding the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 626-27, if the debtor's payments cease during the implementation of the plan, the court that approved the plan decides, after receiv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-23

…ter the election of its President and Vice-Presidents, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 7223-2, the Assembly of Martinique may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates t…

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