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Showing 70417050 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection and promotion of maternal and child health.

Article L2421-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions of Book I of this Part shall apply to Wallis and Futuna:1° Title II, with the exception of article L. 2122-4 ; 2° Titl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-19

The accounts of the establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry are drawn up in accordance with the regulations of the Autorité des normes comptables.These establishments presen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Minister for Culture

Article L326-10

The collective management organisation communicates its annual accounts to the minister in charge of culture and informs him, at least two months before it is examined by the general meeting, of any d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Minister for Culture

Article L326-12

The collective management organisation shall communicate to the Minister responsible for culture, at the latter's request, any document relating to the collection and distribution of income from the e…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Minister for Culture

Article L326-13

The Minister responsible for culture may refer the matter to the competent court in the event that there are real and serious grounds for dissolving a collective management organisation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Remuneration received by doctors for on-call duty

Article 151 ter

The remuneration received in respect of the permanence of care exercised in application of article L. 6314-1 of the Public Health Code by doctors or their replacements established in an area character…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LOCAL PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION

Article L1441-1

A municipality or a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may set up, with the State, a local public establishment for educational cooperation responsible for mobilising and coordinatin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Special provisions for works of art

Article L1616-1

The communes, départements and regions must devote 1% of the amount of the investment to the insertion of works of art in all buildings that were subject, on 23 July 1983, the date of publication of l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction

Article L133-10

I. - Where the payment service provider refuses to execute a payment order or initiate a payment transaction, it shall notify the payment service user, or make the notification available to the paymen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for securitisation funds

Article L214-185

The board of directors, the manager or the management board of the management company appoints the fund's auditor. The auditor shall report any irregularities or inaccuracies that he detects in the pe…

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