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Showing 771780 of 30357 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 May 2011 – no. 2011-126 QPC

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Action for regularisation.

Article R210-13

…has been omitted or irregularly performed, the court shall order that it be performed or redone. It may also order that all or some of the formalities that followed the omitted or defective one also b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L7123-13

The President of the Assembly of French Guyana may decide that the meeting of the standing committee shall be held in several places, by videoconference. When the meeting of the standing committee is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions

Article R4451-134

The Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire may carry out: 1° The verifications provided for in section 6 of this chapter, notwithstanding the provisions of articles R. 4451-40 and R. 4451-…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-13

…When a sports agent forms a legal entity to exercise his profession, his partners or shareholders may under no circumstances be : 1° An association or company employing sportspeople for remuneration…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-13

The special rights mentioned in article L. 228-11 may be exercised in the company that directly or indirectly owns more than half of the capital of the issuer or in the company of which the issuer dir…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397-4

…and, as regards third parties, three months after the publicity formalities provided for in Article 1397-3 have been completed. However, in the absence of completion of these formalities, the designat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397-6

…with regard to third parties, three months after the publicity formalities provided for in Article 1397-5 have been completed. However, if these formalities have not been carried out, the change of m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6251-13

…he event of an emergency at the request of the representative of the State. The Territorial Council may submit proposals to the Government for the application of the stipulations of the treaties relat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-13

…een days in urgent cases at the request of the representative of the State. The Territorial Council may submit proposals to the Government for the application of the stipulations of the treaties relat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Termination of proceedings

Article 696-132

…s are not inadmissible under Articles 82-3 and 173-1. Once this time limit has expired, the parties may no longer make such observations or formulate or submit such requests or applications. At the en…

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