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Showing 17811790 of 52691 articles for Art. Loi 2022-172 du 14-2-2022

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-14-1

The provisions of the Electoral Code mentioned in this sub-section are applicable to referendums organised by the communes of Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, under the conditions laid down in th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-14-1

…tional remuneration provided for in article L. 611-7 is made up of a profit-sharing bonus on the products derived from the invention by the public person who is the beneficiary and a patent bonus. II.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-1

The staff of the departments of the High Council is composed in accordance with Article 16 of Law No. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general statute of independent administrative authorities and in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-14-12

…ards revenue, control:-authorisation to collect revenue;collection of debts and the regularity of reductions and cancellations of revenue orders, within the limits of the information available to him;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-3

The use in veterinary medicine of medicinal products or medicated feedingstuffs containing one or more antibiotic substances is carried out in compliance with recommendations for good use designed to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article D712-14-4

In the event that a territorial chamber of commerce and industry is in the situation provided for in 4° of Article D. 712-14-2 and is, in addition, placed under enhanced guardianship pursuant to artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-14

…w the Conference for the next term of office, at which point the body's functions are limited to producing opinions in response to referrals from the government.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE X: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-101-14

…table showing the outstanding loans guaranteed by the local authority as well as the repayment schedule;6° A list of public service delegatees;7° An appendix showing all the financial commitments of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Pledging of securities accounts and securities

Article R211-14-1

I.-If the issuer or its authorised agent responsible for registering the financial instruments in the shared electronic registration system in accordance with article R. 211-3 is not a person authoris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-4

I.-Any breach of the prohibitions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 5141-14-2 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal ent…

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