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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L743-5

…06 of 1st August 2003 L. 213-6-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 213-6-2 order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 213-6-3 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 213-7Order no. 2000-1223 of 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules for use and hygiene applicable to collective water misting systems

Article R1335-20

…1335-19; 3° The conditions for operating the storage reservoir mentioned in II of article R. 1335-18;4° The measures to be implemented in the event of a malfunction in the collective water misting s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article R621-13

…2-2, article L. 811-11-1, article L. 814-5, the last paragraph of article L. 621-4, articles L. 622-18, L. 626-25 and L. 641-8, article R. 621-12 as well as articles R. 814-24 and R. 814-38.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Sales of immovable property.

Article R642-24

When the official receiver, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 642-18, authorises the liquidator to resume the property seizure procedure suspended by the judgment opening the judicial liq…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article D2411-6

…articles L. 2121-10, L. 2121-11, L. 2121-12, L. 2121-17, in the first paragraph of article L. 2121-18, articles L. 2121-20 and L. 2121-21 apply to the convening, meetings and deliberations of the tra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R937-7

In the second paragraph of Article R. 723-6, the words: "until 6 p.m. on the twentieth day preceding that of the counting of votes in the first ballot" are replaced by the words: "until the twentieth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article R947-7

In the second paragraph of Article R. 723-6, the words: "until 6 p.m. on the twentieth day preceding that of the counting of votes in the first ballot" are replaced by the words "until the twentieth d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-8

…bing, the characteristics of vaccine-preventable diseases, the traceability of vaccinations and the main recommendations of the vaccination calendar and, for administration, the normative framework an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…rticle L. 721-7 of this Code and the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer referred to in Articles L. 721-18 and L. 721-19 of this Code; 6° Investment firms, including branches of investment firms mentioned…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

…ticle L. 384-3 of this Code, articles L. 228-65, L. 228-73, L. 236-13, L. 236-14, L. 236-15, L. 236-18 and L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code do not apply. II. - When the merger or demerger does…

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