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Showing 23612370 of 41812 articles for Art. 4 mai 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-45

…e parent benefiting from parental leave may waive it in favour of the other parent for the period remaining until the expiry of the entitlement. The other parent must submit his or her request at leas…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2162-4

Framework agreements may be concluded: 1° Either with a minimum and a maximum value or quantity; 2° With a maximum value or quantity only.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-44

The representative of the legal entity being prosecuted may not, in that capacity, be subject to any measure of constraint other than that applicable to the witness.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-4

The institutions referred to in Article L. 370-1 may not cover up to 30% of the commitments relating to these operations with matching assets.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Content and amendment of the single copy or certificate of transferability

Article R2191-48

The contract holder may request that the content of the single copy or the certificate of transferability be limited to the information necessary for the assignment or pledging of the claim.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial auctioneers

Article R444-46

The transport of furniture between the seller's or buyer's home and the auction room may not be undertaken either directly or indirectly by judicial auctioneers.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties.

Article R4235-4

A pharmacist may only engage in another activity if this is not excluded by the regulations in force and if it is compatible with professional dignity and the obligation to practise personally.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works in the fiction genre

Article D331-44

…one of the music composers: 1 point; 3° At least one of the producers (natural persons): 2 points; 4° Alternatively: a) At least one of the actors playing the role of a main character: 2 points; b) O…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-4

Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-4 of the French Commercial Code apply to credit institutions and finance companies for their banking and related operations defined in article L. 311-2, to electronic money…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-4

…ivity of less than six months does not entail resignation, except in the cases mentioned in 2°, 3°, 4° and 5° of II of article L. 713-3..

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