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Showing 13811390 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article D8121-11

The secretariat of the National Labour Inspection Council is provided by the Director General of Labour or his representative.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-11

Leave for economic, social and environmental training and trade union training is granted as a matter of right, except where the employer considers, after obtaining the opinion of the social and econo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-11

The detailed rules for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, in particular the conditions for authorising and carrying out research on embryos and embryon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-11

The request to consult the register is made by the director of the health establishment in which the removal is planned or, failing this, by another official of the establishment expressly authorised…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-11

For the application of article L. 761-5, projects for the establishment or extension of premises or groups of premises intended to receive, for the purpose of non-retail sales, products included on th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formal notice to reduce the interval between periodic inspections.

Article R4721-11

The Labour Inspectorate inspector may give the employer formal notice to reduce the interval between inspections of work equipment or categories of work equipment as provided for in the orders referre…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to economic and financial capacity

Article R2142-11

The purchaser may require economic operators to provide information on their annual accounts, indicating in particular the relationship between assets and liabilities.The purchaser shall specify, in t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Formation of the company and amendment of its articles.

Article R210-11

In the event of a transfer of the registered office outside the jurisdiction of the court at whose registry the company was registered, the notice, published in a medium authorised to receive legal an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article R2223-11

Differentiated tariffs for each category of concessions are set by the municipal council of the commune. These tariffs may, in each class, be progressive, according to the extent of the area granted,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-11

…e de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may request from the applicant any additional information necessary for the examination of the application. In this case, the deadlines set out in…

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