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Showing 39813990 of 27311 articles for Art. Décret n° 2015-981 du 31 juillet 2015

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-18-4

…le by a fine of €15,000 per offence. These provisions do not apply to cinerary sites created before 31 July 2005.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Bodies of the commune.

Article D2573-8

…s of Chapter III, Title II, Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the tables reproduced below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article D744-4

Article D. 213-0-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree No. 2017-1165 of 12 July 2017.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R784-20

The provisions of article R. 632-1 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from decree no. 2021-941 of 15 July 2021.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 983

In all cases, a duplicate original of the wills referred to in articles 981and 982. If this formality could not be carried out due to the testator's state of health, a copy of the will, signed by the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L352-3

…CABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 322-1 and L. 322-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L352-4

…ICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 322-1 to L. 322-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: NATIONAL DATA FILE CONTAINING INFORMATION ON CHARACTERISED PAYMENT INCIDENTS

Article L751-1

…Banque de France, which alone is authorised to centralise this information.It is subject to the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-328

…those born before 1st July 1951; 2° 65 years and 4 months for those born between 1st July 1951 and 31st December 1951; 3° 65 years and 9 months for those born in 1952; 4° 66 years and 2 months for th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article L128-4

No interconnection within the meaning of 3° of I of the article 33 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 précitée ne peut être effectuée entre le fichier national automatisé des interdits de gérer et t…

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