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Showing 12211230 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article D533-11-1

…agreement drawn up on a durable medium shall specify the financial instruments, investment services and transactions concerned.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-11-1

…of a life insurance or capitalisation contract to a third party, the persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2, when they take note of the transfer or, where applicable, when they are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules for taking leave and going part-time

Article L3142-119

…f part-time work is twenty-four months, consecutive or otherwise, in the company; 3° The conditions and periods of information mentioned in 4° to 6° of article L. 3142-117 are set by decree; 4° The nu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance obligation for organisers of sporting events

Article L331-11

A decree sets out the terms and conditions for the application of articles L. 331-9 and L. 331-10, and in particular the control procedures.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-11

The decisions of the sentence enforcement judge and the sentence enforcement court may be appealed by the sentenced person, by the public prosecutor and by the public prosecutor, as from their notific…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The National Safety Commission for Sports Venues

Article A312-11

…sportives, the Prefect approves outdoor sports arenas with a capacity of 15,000 spectators or more and indoor sports arenas with a capacity of 8,000 spectators or more.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Training measures for employees in seasonal employment.

Article L6321-11

The employee's refusal to take part in a training course under the conditions set out in this section does not release the employer from its obligation to renew the contract for the following season.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R1233-11

…by means of an agreement with the Agence de la biomédecine. This agreement also defines the content and frequency of the information that they must transmit to this agency to enable it to evaluate thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-11

Each natural person practising as a commercial court clerk in active employment is an elector and eligible as soon as he or she takes the oath. They cease to be so in the event of dismissal or resigna…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-11

Unless there are derogatory provisions, body transport operations prior to committal of the body of a deceased person shall be completed within a maximum period of forty-eight hours from the date of d…

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