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Showing 16911700 of 30077 articles for Art. 14 May 2013

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-3-1

…le to rely on the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 13 of the above-mentioned Order of 7 May 2009, the contracting authority/entity shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Uni…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-149-1

…of the company called upon to issue such securities, the Board of Directors or the Management Board may suspend, for a maximum period set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the possibility of obtaining…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-14-1

…etween national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws, its amount may be increased to 4% of the average annual turnover, calculated on the last three annual turnover…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-14-1

…tion under the provisions of Article L. 421-9, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide, where appropriate, that natural or legal persons acting as insurance brokers through who…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-14-1

…sis; d) Contain a liquidity clause issued by the issuer or a guarantor guaranteeing that the assets may be redeemed at a price consistent with the published price, i.e. taking into account changes in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-14-2

…private law of the Member States of the European Union whose purpose is exclusively, or as the case may be, mainly in addition to (1) carrying on a commercial, industrial, agricultural, craft or real…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-14-2

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may also, following the opinion of a commission, made up in particular of professionals, individually…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-11

The chairman of the High Council may decide, after obtaining the assent of the accounting officer:1° In the event of hardship for the debtors, to grant an ex gratia remission of the High Council's deb…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Labelling of preparations

Article R5121-146-3

…packaging on which it is impossible to include all the information provided for in Article R. 5121-146-2 may bear only the information provided for in a, c, d and h of 1° of Article R. 5121-146-2, in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R743-139-14

…proposes and the points remaining in dispute. He shall give a copy to each of the parties.The case may only be referred to the industrial tribunal, on pain of inadmissibility, if the claimant provide…

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