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Showing 66416650 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-19

When the facts mentioned in Article L. 5212-2 are brought to the attention of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by a user or a third party…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-14

Incidents or risks of incidents as defined in Article L. 5212-2 must be reported immediately.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-14

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles, scope and standing

Article L1143-1

Subject to this chapter, Chapter I of Title V of Law No 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century and Chapter X of Title VII of Book VII of the Code of Adminis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Beneficiaries

Article L5141-1

The following may benefit from aid for setting up or taking over a business, under the conditions laid down in this chapter, when they set up or take over an economic, industrial, commercial, craft, a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Combining replacement income with other income.

Article L5425-1

The allowances provided for in this Title, with the exception of those provided for in Section 2 of Chapter IV, for employees in the building and public works sectors deprived of employment as a resul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1748

The procedure of prior formal notice instituted by the last three paragraphs of article 52 of the law of 22 March 1924 is not applicable to correctional proceedings provided for by the laws in force,…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: The enforcement judge

Article L121-1

The enforcement judge deals with the application of the provisions of this code under the conditions set out in article L. 213-6 of the code de l'organisation judiciaire.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases

Article L242-17

The chairman, directors or managing directors of a public limited company are liable to a fine of €150,000, issue shares or share denominations without the previously subscribed capital of the company…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2521-1

In the départements of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne, the representative of the State in the département is responsible for policing the public highways on main roads, including w…

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