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Showing 15011510 of 3334 articles for Art. Ordinance no. 2019-359 – 24 Apr. 2019

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

Article L5441-9

…ns for prescribing self-vaccines and their use set out in point 5 of Article 106 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018;3° Failure to declare changes to the constituent elements of the declarat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L784-4

…613-20-1, with the exception of its Ia, II and IVOrder 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 613-20-3 Order no. 2010 76 of 21 January 2010 L. 613-20-7 Ordinance no. 2015-1024 of 20 August 2015 L. 613-24 Order…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article L744-13

…ight-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 221-35 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-36 Order no. 2010 420 of 27 April 2010 L. 221-37 Act no. 2007-177…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations

Article L764-2

…ght-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 412-1 Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 412-2 with the exception of 1° to 3° of I and L. 412-3 Order no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations

Article L762-2

…t-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 412-1 Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 412-2 with the exception of 1° to 3° of I and L. 412-3 Order no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations

Article L763-2

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 412-1 Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 412-2 with the exception of 1° to 3° of I and L. 412-3Order no.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article L3342-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 201 of Law No. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019, the department's accounting officer is solely responsible for executing, subject to the controls…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article L4342-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 201 of Law No. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 on finance for 2019, the region's accounting officer is solely responsible for executing, subject to the controls for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-5-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, the veterinary medicinal products referred to in paragraph 6 of the same Article sha…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-21

…L. 412-1 :1° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7,9 to 18,21,22,29,36,38,45 and 48 of Regulation (EU) 2019/787 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the definition, descripti…

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