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Showing 38613870 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L742-8

…14 L. 214-82 to L. 214-85 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-86 and L. 214 87 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 214-88 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-89 Order no. 2017-1432 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-8

…14 L. 214-82 to L. 214-85 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-86 and L. 214-87 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 214-88 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-89 Order no. 2017-1432 o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L927-2

…private-law staff and public-law staff, including those subject to the statute provided for by Law n° 52-1311 du 10 décembre 1952 relative à l'établissement obligatoire d'un statut du personnel admin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-3

ELECTION OF CONSULAR DELEGATESYou can consult the photos in the JO n° 244 of 20/10/2010 text number 8

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Intercountry adoption, conflicts of law and the effect in France of adoptions granted abroad

Article 370-3

The conditions of adoption are subject to the national law of the adopter or, in the case of adoption by a couple, to the common national law of the two members of the couple on the day on which the a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-8

…rm of medical biology and which, on this date, do not comply with I of this article or I of article 10 of the same law retain the option of benefiting from the derogation provided for in 2° of I of ar…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Health and safety standards

Article A322-18

…ealth and safety standards applicable to swimming pools are set out in the amended Order of 7 April 1981 on the technical provisions applicable to swimming pools and the amended Order of 29 November 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-36

…share is equal to the deduction made from the lump-sum allocations of the member municipalities in 1981, increased each year by the rate of increase in the lump-sum allocation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 G

…of social rental housing demolished under the conditions provided for in articles 6 and 9-1 of law n° 2003-710 of 1st August 2003 on the guidelines and programming for towns and urban renewal and pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-42

…umn of the same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting from L. 573-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 573-1-1 Order no. 2010-76 of 21 January 2010 L. 573-2 Order no. 2000-916 of 1…

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