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Showing 811820 of 30357 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 May 2011 – no. 2011-126 QPC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L783-13

…hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 631-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 631-2 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 631-2-1, with the exceptio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-13

…study is unrelated to their pathological condition. However, the personal data protection committee may decide in other cases, taking into account the risks and constraints involved in performance stu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-13

…hat same Article. Each subscriber has thirty days to express his opposition in writing. The company may not adopt the scheme referred to in this same article if a majority of subscribers, all or part…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Dismissal of an employee representative from an external company on the health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L2411-13

…for inArticle L. 515-36 of the Environment Code or mentioned in Article L. 211-2 of the Mining Code may only take place after authorisation from the Labour Inspector. This authorisation is also requir…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of the admissibility decision

Article L722-13

…that the claim is admissible, the thirty-day period referred to in second paragraph of Article L. 113-3 of the French Insurance Code, where applicable, is extended to one hundred and twenty days for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1394 C

…liberative bodies of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis, exempt land,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Article R141-13

…removal, the transport of foreign nationals placed or held in a waiting area or place of detention may be the subject of a public contract awarded by the territorially competent prefect under the con…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Access to the waiting area

Article R343-13

…bling access to the waiting area to be granted on each visit.The competent administrative authority may, by a reasoned decision, after consulting the delegate of the High Commission, withdraw approval…

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

Article D32-13

…11 and D. 32-12 are included in the order. The investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge may decide that his order is made subject to the condition precedent that the device provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-13

…exception of the representatives of the ministers mentioned in a, b, c, d and e of 1° of article R. 1313-4, who each have five votes. The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least one…

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