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Showing 96019610 of 59838 articles for Art. L. n° 2022-297 du 2 mars 2022

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article A712-28

An intervention standard, provided for in 2° of Article L. 711-16, specifies the documents making up the various budgets and accounts.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: General rules applicable to other public contracts with the exception of those relating to the public rail passenger transport service

Article R2521-2

The public contracts referred to in Articles L. 2511-1 to L. 2515-1 are subject to the rules relating to payment periods set out in Section 2 of Chapter II of Title IX of Book I and in Article R. 2112…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-20

…nsultation with the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, determines the sampling conditions to be used to measure lead, copper and nickel in wate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Administrative injunctions and penalties

Article R470-2

I. - The administrative authority mentioned in the fourth paragraph of 1 of III of article L. 470-1 and article L. 470-2 is: 1° The Director General of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-27

During the examination of marketing authorisation applications, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may order any inv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-27

For the devices mentioned in Article R. 5212-26, with the exception of those used during exposure to ionising radiation, subject to internal or external quality control, the Director General of the Ag…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Income and capital gains distributed by a property investment fund

Article 242 ter B

…s who ensure the payment of income distributed by a real estate investment trust, as mentioned in a du 1 du II de l'article 239 nonies, are required to declare, on the declaration mentioned in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-23

…ere gametes, initially stored with a view to medically assisted procreation on the basis of article L. 2141-2, or pursuant to articles L. 2141-11 and L. 2141-12, are donated, the provisions of Chapter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D761-2

In application of the first paragraph of article L. 761-2, the development and management of the Paris-Rungis market of national interest are organised by the State.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1077-2

…rules for gifts inter vivos in all matters relating to imputation, calculation of the reserve and reduction. The action for reduction may only be brought after the death of the disposant who made the…

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