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Showing 14511460 of 36505 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2020/1503 du 7-10-2020

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-10

…crédit foncier may use forward financial instruments, as defined in article L. 211-1.However, sums due in respect of forward financial instruments entered into by sociétés de crédit foncier to hedge…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-10

…te of receipt. The provisions of this article do not apply to contractual changes imposed by law or regulation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VIII : Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis

Article L5218-10

…is drawn up by the development council and examined by the metropolitan council.The operating procedures of the development council are determined by the internal regulations of the metropolitan coun…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Appointment of members of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article R2197-10

The State representatives referred to in 3° of Article R. 2197-6 and in 2° of Article R. 2197-7 are chosen for each case by the Chairman from nominative lists drawn up under the following conditions:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-10

Labile blood products intended for direct therapeutic use are stored, with a view to their distribution and issue, at the Établissement Français du Sang and at the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Scientific Council.

Article R1222-10

…epresentative and the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may attend meetings of the Scientific Advisory Board in an ad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Ambulance drivers

Article L4393-7

…d the conditions under which the person concerned is subject to a compensation measure; 3° The procedures for verifying the professional qualifications mentioned in article L. 4393-4.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-6

The guarantee provided for in a ter of 1° of article L. 432-2 may be granted to French supplier companies and to the beneficiaries provided for in a bis of the same article under the conditions provid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-10

Within three years of the publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale, le périmètre des communautés d'aggloméra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-10

The resources of the National Institute of Industrial Property consist of: 1° The proceeds of all authorised collections in respect of industrial property, trade and craft registers and the filing of…

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