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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-18

…es the amount of the parliamentary allowance as defined in Article 1 of the Order no. 58-1210 of 13 December 1958 on the Organic Law on the Allowances of Members of Parliament. This ceiling is net of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-18

…times the amount of the parliamentary allowance as defined in article 1 of Order no. 58-1210 of 13 December 1958 on the Organic Law on the Allowances of Members of Parliament. This ceiling is net of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-18

Foreign nationals mentioned in 6° to 11° and 13° to 18° of article R. 431-16 who wish to remain in France beyond the time limits mentioned in the same article apply for a temporary residence permit or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Waste from infectious risk healthcare activities and similar waste

Article R1337-18

…ions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences set out in article R. 1337-18 shall be liable, in addition to a fine in accordance with the procedures set out in article 131-4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

…L. 211-36-1, L. 531-10, L. 533-12-7, L. 542-1, L. 621-17-3, L. 621-17-5 to L. 621-17-7 and L. 621-18-1, the persons mentioned in the previous paragraph are treated as investment service providers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-18

…hysiotherapists registered as salaried employees who meet the conditions set out in article L. 4321-18-1. The number of members of the departmental or interdepartmental council is set by regulation, t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-18

…o the chairman. It is governed by the provisions of Articles 14 to 16 of Decree no. 2013-1196 of 19 December 2013 on the sanction procedure implemented by the Autorité de Régulation de la Communicatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mission to encourage the development of legal supply and to monitor the lawful and unlawful use of works and objects protected by copyright or neighbouring rights on electronic communications networks

Article L331-18

…ll give an account of the mission provided for in this article in the report referred to in Article 18 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication.>

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-18

…eneral interoperability reference framework mentioned in Article 11 of Ordinance no. 2005-1516 of 8 December 2005 relating to electronic exchanges between users and administrative authorities and betw…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R784-18

…31No. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022R. 621-32 and R. 621-33n° 2012-100 of 26 January 2012R. 621-34n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-35n° 2014-498 of 16 May 2014R. 621-35-1 to R. 621-35-4n° 2018-1188 of 19…

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