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Showing 25112520 of 54779 articles for Art. Ordinance 2019-359 of 24 April 2019 – restrictive-practices reform

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Transmission of information for the purpose of registering persons practising or likely to practise the profession of pharmacist

Article R4221-32

…ormation referred to in article R. 4221-31 is sent when the training title is obtained or the level of training is recognised.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Transmission of information for the purpose of registering persons practising or likely to practise the profession of pharmacist

Article R4221-31

…ble for registering the persons referred to in Article L. 4221-16 are : 1° The civil status details of the holder of the evidence of formal qualifications or of the student undergoing training and any…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-5

The resources allocated to the Department of Mayotte, pursuant to IV of Article 12 of Ordinance no. 2012-576 of 26 April 2012 extending and adapting the construction and housing code and various laws…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L763-12

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-35

The articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that the effects of any clause in an agreement entered into after 21 April 2004 providin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-9

…vestment firms to make additional or more frequent disclosures than those provided for in Title III of Book V or in Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 Novemb…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1-5

…older who does not himself carry out the advertising operations referred to in Articles 119 and 120 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 shall declare to the Director General of the National…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L763-6

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L762-6

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the righ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L764-6

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indic…

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