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Showing 55215530 of 6040 articles for Art. 11 déc. 1996

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application

Article L314-2

…ut within the European Union; V. - With the exception of the first paragraph of I of Article L. 314-11 and Article L. 314-12, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to services provided by the ac…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-12

I.-When, at the end of the assessment provided for in Article L. 311-11, the resolution college finds that there are significant obstacles to a person mentioned in Article L. 311-5 being subject eithe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102

…ng to the governance and capital transactions of companies with public shareholdings and of article 11 of Law No. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 relating to the terms and conditions of privatisations, as it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Protection in the event of a partial transfer of undertaking or establishment.

Article L2414-1

…ty on the list provided for inArticle L. 515-36 of the Environment Code or mentioned in Article L. 211-2 of the Mining Code;9° Member of a joint committee on health, safety and working conditions in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1394

…l'article 1382 ;5° land belonging to owners' associations provided for by article 23 of the law of 11 October 1940 amended by the law of 12 July 1941 relating to the reconstruction of residential bui…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L3321-1

…gration borne by the department;10° bis Expenditure relating to the personalised autonomy allowance;11° The costs of the departmental epizootics service;12° Participation in the departmental or territ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 768

…135 or where one or more of the security measures provided for by Article 706-136 have been imposed;11° Fixed fines for misdemeanours and fifth class offences for which payment has been made or on exp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L6241-1

…profit-making unions mentioned in 1 bis ofArticle 206 of the General Tax Code and in 5°, 5° bis and 11° of Article 207 of the same Code; 5° Agricultural supply and purchasing cooperatives and unions o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medical devices and other products and articles regulated in the interests of public health.

Article L5522-2

For application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Of Articles L. 5211-1, L. 5211-3-1, L. 5212-2, L. 5221-1, L. 5221-4 and L. 5222-3, the provisions relating to the use of the European database on me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article D22-10-16

…where applicable, the portion of the annuity granted under a scheme referred to in article L. 137-11 of the Social Security Code from that paid under another scheme set up by the company.

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