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Showing 30513060 of 7437 articles for Art. TEPA Act 21 August 2007

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Residential leisure parks

Article L333-1

…he national accreditation body mentioned in article 137 of the aforementioned law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 , or any equivalent European body that is a signatory to the multilateral agreement reac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-14

…they appeal to the generosity of the public within the meaning of article 3 of law no. 91-772 of 7 August 1991. They may again take part in a statutory audit of the accounts of these persons or entit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 804

This Code is applicable, in its wording resulting from Law No. 2023-703 of 1 August 2023 relating to military programming for the years 2024 to 2030 and containing various provisions concerning defenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-16

Subject to the provisions ofOrder no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions of publicly held companies, "Laboratoire français du fractionnement et des biotechn…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article R123-95-1

…ities, the court clerk verifies that it is valid within the meaning of Article 3 of the Order of 10 August 2016 authorising the creation of an automated personal data processing operation called "DOCV…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L742-12

…ributed by the Office des Postes et Télécommunications under the conditions set out in articles L. 221-2 to L. 221-4, L. 221-6 and L. 221-38. Sums in excess of the ceiling mentioned in article L. 221-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-14

…erative bodies are subject to the rules of financial supervision provided by decree no. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 relating to State control of national public companies and certain bodies with an econom…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-39

The judicial police officer or agent acting under his or her responsibility shall describe or transcribe, in a report which shall be placed in the file, the recorded data which are useful for establis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Group insurance

Article A141-1

…of the Insurance Code is provided in the form of a specific document, separate from any other contractual or pre-contractual documents.This specific document mentions the acts which the insurance com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Detention

Article R57-5-5

…he information procedure, judicial isolation may be terminated by order of the investigating judge, acting ex officio, on the application of the public prosecutor, at the request of the head of the pr…

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