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Showing 34413450 of 30699 articles for Art. 11 mai 1995

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegation of parental authority

Article 377-1

…elegatee or the public prosecutor. He shall rule in accordance with the provisions of article 373-2-11.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-12

…this price may not be set at an amount higher than the lowest estimate mentioned in article L. 321-11. If the guaranteed minimum bid price is not reached at the auction, the operator is authorised to…

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

Article L5142-4

…facture of medicated animal feed and intermediate products approved under Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of 11 December 2018 to manufacturers of medicated animal feed and intermediate products.The Minister fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…umber of agencies or branches of this person; 7° Order a person referred to in 1°, 3°, 5° and 9° to 11° of B of I of Article L. 612-2 to suspend, delay or limit, for all or part of the portfolio, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L940-1

…and L. 670-1 to L. 670-8; 6° Title II of Book VII, with the exception of articles L. 722-3, L. 722-11 to L. 722-13, the second paragraph of article L. 723-7, the second paragraph of article L. 723-10…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-16

The insurance company shall inform policyholders and members of the main characteristics of the unit of account resulting from the substitution referred to in article L. 160-11.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Enforcement of the judgment, compensation for damages and forced execution

Article R623-27

…or compensation has been lodged with the court within the time limit set pursuant to Article L. 623-11, the judge shall declare the proceedings terminated.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1311-3

The competent State authority mentioned in Articles L. 1311-9, L. 1311-11 et L. 1311-12 is the departmental director of public finance.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3313-8

An information note, which mentions in particular the provisions of article D. 3313-11, is given to the employee benefiting from a profit-sharing agreement.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for meeting the costs of procedures and support and agreements

Article R6422-12

The employee's signature of the agreement referred to in I of article R. 6422-11 attests to his consent within the meaning of article L. 6421-1.

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