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Showing 50715080 of 61143 articles for Art. s. L. 214-1 & L. 214-1-1

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-14

…Agreement on the European Economic Area who, without possessing the diploma provided for in Article L. 4241-13, hold : 1° Evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or more Member States or Contr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article L2412-1

…exed budget of the municipality, is drawn up in real balance in the operating and investment sections.The draft budget is drawn up by the syndicate commission and submitted to the municipal council fo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-14

A foreign national holding a multi-annual residence permit as provided for in article L. 424-9 may be issued with a residence permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU", under the conditions pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Financial holding companies, parent companies of finance companies and mixed financial holding companies

Article L571-14

…ixed financial holding company to prepare accounts in consolidated form, in accordance with article L. 517-5 or L. 517-9, is punishable by a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-11

Collective management organisations invest income from the exploitation of rights and income resulting from the investment of such income in accordance with the general investment and risk management…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Residence permit commission

Article L432-14

…rtments with more than 500,000 inhabitants, a commission may be set up in one or more arrondissements.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-16

…etween the State and the National Sports Agency for a period of between three and five calendar years. It determines the public policy actions for sport entrusted to the agency, sets objectives and sp…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: EXPULSION

Article L631-1

…reat to public order, subject to the conditions specific to foreign nationals mentioned in articles L. 631-2 and L. 631-3.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L151-1

…ting to the powers of the Corsican Regional Authority in the field of tourism are set out inarticle L. 4424-31 of the General Code of Territorial Authorities, which is reproduced below: "Art. L. 4424-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Central depositories

Article L441-1

…ystems for financial instruments that they manage are approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers.These rules are drawn up in French or, in the cases defined by the general regulations of the Auto…

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