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Showing 48414850 of 40100 articles for Art. s. L. 145-15 & L. 145-16

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4243-3

…satisfy the conditions laid down in this Title to carry out the operations provided for in article L. 4241-1 is liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-1

Data communication service providers are defined in point 36a of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in fina…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-22

…eligible for communal equalisation grants under the conditions of ordinary law, subject to Article L. 2334-22-2.New communes that have benefited from the provisions of the second paragraph of this ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Jurisdiction of labour inspection officers

Article L8112-2

The labour inspectors referred to in Article L. 8112-1 also record : 1° The offences of discrimination provided for in 3° and 6° of Article 225-2 of the Criminal Code, the offences of sexual or moral…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-27

…tion may stipulate that, with the exception of those provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 223-26 All or some of the decisions may be taken by written consultation of the members or may re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-2

…sociation, in accordance with conditions laid down by decree. The decisions referred to in articles L. 4311-16 and L. 4311-18 are taken by the Regional Council of the Association of Chiropodists under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-8

…competence of organising authority for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in Arti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L217-1

…her benefit, instead of or in addition to the payment of a price, shall be treated as sales contracts. For the purposes of this Chapter, contracts for the sale of goods to be manufactured or produced…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Investment services and related services

Article L321-2

…im to carry out a transaction that involves a financial instrument or a unit referred to in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code and in which the company granting the credit or loan is involved…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information on share buy-backs

Article L451-3

…on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 that wishes to buy back its own equity securities shall declare the transactions it intends…

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