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Showing 18611870 of 4768 articles for Art. 15 févr. 2012

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the régies (R).

Article R1617-1

…ng local public teaching establishments, set up pursuant to the provisions of Title I of Decree no. 2012-1246 du 7 novembre 2012 relatif à la gestion budgétaire et comptable publique. For the purposes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-1

Clearing houses are the central counterparties defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterpa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…r, on the date referred to in III of Article L. 211-17. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain asp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-14

…t and the financial account are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. Decisions relating to th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-22-1

…of the European patent with unitary effect in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012; 2° Of the mention of a derogation pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 83 of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-60

…t and the financial account are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management. In order to be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers.

Article R2334-16

…territoriale, who carries out the control operations defined in the 2° of article 19 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management, with the except…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-12

The Etablissement Français du Sang is subject to the provisions of titles I and III of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Public interest groups (R)

Article D1115-6

…ceiving European funding. In the latter three cases, the provisions of I of Article 7 of Decree no. 2012-91 of 26 January 2012 relating to public interest groupings are applicable. In these cases, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-3

…ing a procedure for authorising their availability on the market pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of 22 May 2012.

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