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Showing 13611370 of 37302 articles for Art. L. 145-30

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…s council(s) concerned or by representative trade union organisations within the meaning of article L. 2231-1 of the Labour Code.The Chairman of the Supervisory Board is chosen from among the represen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obstacles to the legal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2223-2

…mation about a voluntary interruption of pregnancy or the prior procedures provided for by articles L. 2212-3 to L. 2212-8 by any means, including electronically or online, in particular by disseminat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-9

…f €30,000:1° Failure to prepare self-vaccines in compliance with the obligations set out in Article L. 5142-1-1;2° Failure to comply with the conditions for prescribing self-vaccines and their use set…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-35

For the purposes of this section, "press title" means the press organ to whose preparation the professional journalist has contributed, as well as all the variations of the title, regardless of the me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-5

The communes whose inhabitants represent, in respect of one year, more than 1% of the parturients or more than 1% of the deceased in a public health establishment comprising a maternity unit and situa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-17

…e end of the business day following the day on which they were received, as defined in d of Article L. 133-4, shall be deposited in a separate account with a credit institution authorised to receive s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L743-1

…dicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L742-1

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn their wording resulting fromL. 211-1 Ordinance no. 2016-520 of 28 April 2016 L. 211-2 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 2…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Consumer credit

Article L351-3

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 351-4, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Role of the social and economic committee

Article L1233-57-17

…elopment of takeover projects.The expert submits his report within the timeframe set out in Article L. 1233-30.When the social and economic committee calls on the assistance of an expert, the employer…

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