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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial investment advisers

Article L774-31

…L. 541-4 to L. 541-6 with the exception of II Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 541-7 Order no. 2005-429 of 6 May 2005 L. 541-8 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 541-8-1 Order no. 2017-110…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial investment advisers

Article L775-25

…L. 541-4 to L. 541-6 with the exception of II Order no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 541-7 Order no. 2005-429 of 6 May 2005 L. 541-8 Ordinance no. 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 541-8-1 Order no. 2017-110…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1

…ollowing shall apply in New Caledonia:1° The provisions of Book I with the exception of Articles R. 133-1, R. 133-2 (4°) and R. 135-1 to R. 135-4 ;2° The provisions of Book II in their wording, for th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-9

…3115-5, L. 3115-6, L. 3115 7, L. 3115-8, L. 3115-9, L. 3115-10, L. 3115-11, L. 3115-12 and L. 3115-13, in their version resulting from Order No. 2017-44 of 19 January 2017, are applicable to the terr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Reporting obligations

Article L152-4-1

…ctober 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005, amounting to less than €10,000, carried by a bearer or forming part of a consignment without t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Cemeteries and funeral operations

Article L2573-25

…009-1530 of 10 December 2009 L. 2223-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2223-12-1 law no. 2008-1350 of 19 December 2008 L. 2223-13 order no. 2005-855 of 28 July 2005 L. 2223-14 law no. 96-142 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-7

…employers and their unions, and the associations of employees or employers mentioned in article L. 2135-1 whose resources within the meaning of article D. 2135-9 are equal to or greater than 230,000 e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

…19-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 L. 1611-4 la loi n° 96-142 du 21 février 1996 L. 1611-5 l'ordonnance n° 2005-406 du 2 mai 2005 L. 1611-9 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015 II.-For the application of Articl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-2

…referred to in the International Convention against Doping in Sport, adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005;4° An organisation responsible for a major international sporting event that is a signatory to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-1

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