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Showing 28112820 of 29738 articles for Art. Décret n° 2019-1333 du 11 décembre 2019

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-6

…pplicable In the wording resulting from L. 621-1 with the exception of its second paragraph Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-3 Act no . 2019-486 of 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-28

…cation of articles L. 2334-4, L. 2334-5, L. 2336-2, L. 3334-6 and L. 3335-2 as well as article L. 5211-29, the share of property tax revenue on built-up properties taken into account for the City of P…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations

Article L764-1

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 411-1 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 411-2 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-20

…eld or collected in the performance of their respective missions, without the provisions of Article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or those relating to professional secrecy being an obstacle to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L734-7

…rding resulting from L. 163-1 and L. 163-2 Order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 163-3 Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 L. 163-4 and L. 163-4-1 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 163-4-2 Orde…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L917-2

The Chamber of Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Trades and Crafts recruits and manages private-law staff and public-law staff, including those subject to the status provided for by loi n° 52-1311 du 1…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-5

…ame table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 751-2 to L. 751-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 751-5Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2018-1125 du 12 décembre 2018 p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50 ter

…the conditions set out in the first paragraph of Article 706 are recruited as contract agents. The décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 relatif aux dispositions générales applicables aux agents non tit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3361-1

…ble below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDL. 3000-1 to L. 3000-4 In Book IL. 3100-1 In Title IL. 3111-1 to L. 3113-2L. 3113-2-1 and L. 3113-3Resulting from Order no. 2022-1336 of 19 October 2022L. 3…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3351-1

…ble below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDL. 3000-1 to L. 3000-4 In Book IL. 3100-1 In Title IL. 3111-1 to L. 3113-2L. 3113-2-1 and L. 3113-3Resulting from Order no. 2022-1336 of 19 October 2022L. 3…

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