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Showing 15211530 of 3297 articles for Art. 21 Apr 2016

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Fees for the issue of documents and miscellaneous levies

Article 958

…ement to French nationality and declarations of acquisition of nationality submitted under articles 21-2, 21-13-1 and 21-13-2 of the Civil Code are subject to a stamp duty of €55 collected in the mann…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-64

…articles L. 114-3 and L. 114-5, come under the joint consultative committees governed by decree no. 2016-1858 of 23 December 2016 relating to the joint consultative committees of the territorial civil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-1

…1110-12 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter.Article L. 1…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L541-1

…22 to L. 512-33, L. 512-39 to L. 512-50 and L. 531-1 to L. 531-5 Resulting from the ordonnance no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: RECOGNITION OF OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO ENTRY INTO FRANCE

Article L821-2

…n 19 June 1990 without fulfilling the entry conditions provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Occupational health medical file

Article R4624-45-3

…legal obligations to which it is subject, in accordance with c of 1 of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R773-10

…519-2 to R. 519-4 with the exception of IIINo. 2019-1098 of 29 October 2019R. 519-5 and R. 519-6n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-7n° 2022-894 of 15 June 2022R. 519-8n° 2022-1456 of 23 November 2022R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R775-9

…519-2 to R. 519-4 with the exception of IIINo. 2019-1098 of 29 October 2019R. 519-5 and R. 519-6n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-7n° 2022-894 of 15 June 2022R. 519-8n° 2022-1456 of 23 November 2022R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking service providers

Article R774-10

…519-2 to R. 519-4 with the exception of IIINo. 2019-1098 of 29 October 2019R. 519-5 and R. 519-6n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-7n° 2022-894 of 15 June 2022R. 519-8n° 2022-1456 of 23 November 2022R.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe I-0-2 (art. A114-4)

Annex not reproduced you can consult the image in the facsimile of the JO nº 0222 of 23/09/2016, text n º 1, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000033138637

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