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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article D7226-33

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 7226-9, elected officials who are civil servants, territorial civil servants or hospital civil servants or contractual employees of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Banknotes.

Article R122-1

Subject to the provisions of Decree No. 2001-933 of 12 October 2001 on the perforated marking of Banque de France banknotes denominated in French francs, denominations of the banknotes listed in the a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article R742-6

…terpreter brokers and ship's drivers benefiting from the provisions set out in article 5 of Law no. 2001-43 of 16 January 2001 containing various provisions adapting to Community law in the field of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General safety obligation

Article L421-6

…uropean Commission in the Official Journal of the European Union pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2001/95/EC of 3 December 2001 on general product safety.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article L581-7

Under the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001, additional categories of displaced persons who are not referred to in the Council Decision provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-1

…ration. The European Company shall be governed by the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company, those of this chapter and those applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-22

…New Caledonian Code of Civil Procedure or the provisions of articles 24 and 25 of deliberation no. 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the French Polynesian Code of Civil Procedure .

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-10

…o 348 of the code of civil procedure of New Caledonia or in articles 200 to 202 of deliberation no. 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the code of civil procedure of French Polynesia, the Disciplinary…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 237 sexies

…ent penalties relating to receivables and debts arising from the date of entry into force of loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001 relative aux nouvelles régulations économiques.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55

…ent and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC; b) A veterinary medicinal product containing a new combination of substances and which i…

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