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Showing 11511160 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L773-11

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L774-11

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-115

…ciated with a job with a future can be open-ended or fixed-term. A fixed-term contract is concluded for a period of thirty-six months. In the event of special circumstances relating either to the situ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-111

The association is responsible, on behalf of and in the place of the reinsured mutual insurance company, for making the various disclosures to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution requ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-11

The investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge who issued the house arrest order informs the person under investigation that: 1° In the event that he or she fails to comply with the obligati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional acts

Article R4362-11

The issue of corrective ocular contact lenses by a spectacle optician to a person wearing them for the first time is subject to the presentation of a medical or orthoptic prescription stating the corr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-1

The guarantee provided for in a of 1° of article L. 432-2 may be granted to the beneficiaries mentioned in article L. 432-1 carrying out a transaction of strategic interest for the French economy abro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-11

The Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Interior may jointly authorise the release and making available of part of the funds or economic resources subject to a freezing order pursuant to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-11

A drawee who refuses payment of all or part of a cheque for lack of sufficient funds records the incident no later than the second business day following the refusal of payment. Where the holder has i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: MEASURES APPLICABLE TO THE EXECUTION OF A TRANSFER DECISION

Article L751-11

In the event of detention pursuant to Article L. 751-9, the provisions of Articles L. 741-4 to L. 741-10, as well as the provisions of Chapters II, III and IV of Title IV, shall apply.

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