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Showing 32713280 of 5132 articles for Art. 13 nov. 1997

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5524-1

…licable to Wallis and Futuna:1° Articles L. 5421-1 to L. 5421-3, L. 5421-6 and L. 5421-6-2, L. 5421-13, L. 5421-14 and L. 5421-15 ;2° Articles L. 5422-1, L. 5422-2 and L. 5422-9 ; 3° Articles L. 5424-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article D621-37-1-2

…uspend and, where applicable, to lay off a director with immediate effect referred to in article L. 1332-3 of the Labour Code, taken pursuant to article L. 631-13-8, shall be notified to the person co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and missions

Article R211-1-2

…emic Regional Rector by articles L. 711-8, L. 712-8, L. 719-4, L. 719-5, L. 719-7, L. 719-8, L. 719-13 and L. 953-2 of the Education Code and by the regulations adopted for their application, with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-16

…S approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 is absorbed by a French UCITS covered by this section, the merger is not subject to app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Accessibility obligations

Article L323-2

…les L. 321-1 and L. 321-2 comply with the accessibility requirements provided for in Article L. 412-13 of the French Consumer Code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9-5

…und by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties set out inarticle 226-13 of the French penal code. This secrecy may not be invoked against the judicial authorities acting…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-6

…nd by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the penalties set out in article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code. This secrecy may not be invoked against the judicial authorities act…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: The region

Article L131-3

…1° Several regional tourism committees in regions with more than one regional tourism committee on 13 January 1987 ; 2° A regional tourism committee common to two regions, where such a committee exis…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Purchasing pooling

Article L2313-3

…ook or with the objectives of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, by contract…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Prices affected by fluctuations in world prices

Article R2112-14

…the official indices used to set these prices, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 2112-13. However, contracts for the supply of gas or electricity may be concluded at a firm price in acco…

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