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Showing 11511160 of 25991 articles for Art. Loi 2018-287 du 20 avril 2018

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operating rules

Article R783-21

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-1 to R. 621-3n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-4No. 2019-821 of 2 August 2019R. 621-5n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operating rules

Article R784-16

…f the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-1 to R. 621-3no. 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-4No. 2019-821 of 2 August 2019R. 621-5n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operating rules

Article R782-21

…f the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-1 to R. 621-3no. 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-4No. 2019-821 of 2 August 2019R. 621-5n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article R744-13

…Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 214-187, R. 214-190 and R. 214-191n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-192n° 2019-1078 of 22 October 2019R. 214-193, R. 214-194, R. 214-196…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L361-4

For the application of this book in Mayotte: 1° References to the court of appeal are replaced by the reference to the appeal chamber of the court of appeal of Saint-Denis de La Réunion in Mamoudzou;…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Accounting records

Article L2343-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 201 of Law No. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019, the commune's accountant is solely responsible for executing receipts and expenditure, for pursui…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-2

…124-13 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2018-20 of 17 January 2018. The application of this article is limited to military healthcare profes…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transitional and common provisions

Article L133-17

…ook place prior to the date of entry into force of this section, set by VII of Article 7 of Law no. 2006-437 of 14 April 2006 containing various provisions relating to tourism, cease to have effect un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-2

…1111-5-1, L. 1111-8-2 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in their wording resulting from law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.Articles L. 1111-2, L. 1111-4, L. 1111-6 and L. 1111-11 are applicable in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: General provisions

Article 1680

…nd revenue recovered by an enforcement order, mentioned in article L. 252 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, are payable in cash, up to a limit of €300, as the case may be, at the cash office of the pub…

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