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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L773-6

…ecember 2020 L. 511-83 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-84 and L. 511-84-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 511-85 to L. 511-88 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-89 and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L774-6

…ecember 2020 L. 511-83 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-84 and L. 511-84-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 511-85 to L. 511-88 Order no. 2014 158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-89 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

…3rd step 4th step 5th step 0 16 010 12 940 11 430 9 940 8 490 1 17 790 14 370 12 700 11 050 9 420 2 19 580 15 810 13 980 12 160 10 350 3 21 360 17 250 15 240 13 260 11 300 4 23 130 18 690 16 510 14 36…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-3-1

…exclusive rights to organise and operate sports betting games provided for inArticle 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses ; 2° The natural and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5215-32

…l Tax Code;18° The fraction of value added tax provided for in A to E of V of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on the finances for 2020.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions

Article L7342-9

…p of the charter [Provisions declared to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2019-794 DC of 20 December 2019] may not establish the existence of a legal relationship of subordin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Materials in contact with water

Article R1321-48

…l'environnement et du travail.V.-Without prejudice to the applicable provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

…on of Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021 transposing Article 2(6) and Articles 17 to 23 of Directive 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rig…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-5

…of a salary. II.-In the absence of an agreement within six months of the publication of the loi n° 2019-775 du 24 juillet 2019 tendant à créer un droit voisin au profit des agences de presse et des é…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article L5843-2

…for in II to VIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5721-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 5721-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 5721-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 200…

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