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Showing 20112020 of 3905 articles for Art. Min. éco. 19 Jul 2018 NOR: ECOC1822241S

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-5-2

…welfare. The procedures for making the declarations provided for in Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 are laid down by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-1

…or are manufactured, placed on the market or used in breach of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal produ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

…hose listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018; 2° If expressly requested by the issuing company or its authorised re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R752-4

…13 to R. 312-17n° 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-18, with the exception of b) and c) of its 1°.n° 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019R. 312-19, with the exception of 2° of IVn° 2015-1092 of 28 August 2015R.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Beneficiaries of stateless status

Article L424-20

The card issued in application of 2° of article L. 424-19 may not be withdrawn by the administrative authority when the community of life has been broken off due to family or marital violence.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-3

The provisions of Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18, L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 are applicable to transactions concluded on an organised trading system.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R242-20

A repeat offence of the offences punishable under articles R. 242-16 to R. 242-19 shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Penal Code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article R351-9

For the application of Article R. 351-8, in Article R. 314-19, the words: "L. 314-10 to L. 314-13" are replaced by the words: "L. 314-10 and L. 314-13".

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Processing the application

Article R434-20

…services of the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration, referred to in article R. 434-19, may be the subject of an organisation agreement concluded with the director general of the offic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article R642-37-3

Orders made pursuant to Article L. 642-19 shall, at the registrar's initiative, be notified to the debtor and communicated by simple letter to the auditors. Appeals against these decisions may be lodg…

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