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Showing 35713580 of 5410 articles for Art. 14 mars 2019

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules

Article R743-1

…May 2023R. 211-7 to R. 211-9n° 2009-295 of 16 March 2009R. 211-9-7n° 2023-421 of 31 May 2023R. 211-14-1n° 2018-1226 of 24 December 2018II.For the application of I: 1° In the second paragraph of Artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules

Article R744-1

…May 2023R. 211-7 to R. 211-9n° 2009-295 of 16 March 2009R. 211-9-7n° 2023-421 of 31 May 2023R. 211-14-1n° 2018-1226 of 24 December 2018 II.For the application of I: 1° In the second paragraph of Arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…Amounts placed in reserve in application of I of article L. 3335-2 as it stood prior to the Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020 are paid back into this fund. II.The first levy i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-10

…mation obligations set out in articles L. 221-5, L. 221-6, L. 221-8, L. 221-11, L. 221-12 to L. 221-14 is liable to an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and €75,000 for a legal…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-19

…mit is taken after consultation with the residence permit commission provided for in article L. 432-14.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relations between lessors and lessees of buildings used for the hotel trade

Article L311-4

…renewal of the lease is refused, the amount of the eviction compensation provided for inarticle L. 145-14 of the French Commercial Code is set taking into account the increase in value of the busines…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-7

…months following notification of the order, subject to the provisions of articles 1136-13 and 1136-14; this is mentioned in the act of notification.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-5

…c product which does not comply with the rules on the substances it contains, as set out in Article 14 and Article 15(1) and (2) of the same Regulation, shall be liable to two years' imprisonment and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-10

…ried out by the liaison office of the Directorate General for Labour referred to in Article R. 8121-14. This liaison office responds to requests for information from foreign administrations and provid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-15

The total amount of the provisions allocated in application of 2° of article R. 1454-14 is calculated by the conciliation and referral office. It may not exceed six months' salary calculated on the av…

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