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Showing 931940 of 30357 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 May 2011 – no. 2011-126 QPC

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-13

Any creditor registered on a business may, where article L. 143-11 does not apply, request that it be put up for sale by public auction, offering to pay the principal price, excluding equipment and go…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-132

…egotiating their preferential right shall be specified by decree of the Conseil d'Etat.Shareholders may waive their preferential right individually.The decision to convert the preference shares entail…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-135

…uth, Sport and the Voluntary Sector after consultation with the persons mentioned in article A. 212-136. He or she must hold at least a first-degree state certificate in sports education (brevet d'Eta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3513-13

…the economic operator shall immediately inform the public establishment referred to in Article L. 3513-10, specifying in particular the risks to human health and safety, any corrective measures taken…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-13

…urance cover for the risks and damage mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article L. 425-1. It may request any additional scientific investigations and expert reports that it deems necessary in o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-13

…2 of this chapter.The Conseil d'Arrondissement issues its opinion within the time limit set by the Mayor of the municipality or by the Mayor of Paris. Except in the case of an emergency duly recorded…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article L744-13

…ight-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 221-35 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-36 Order no. 2010 420 of 27 April 2010 L. 221-37 Act no. 2007-177…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-13

…° of Article L. 561-2 use a third party in application of 2° of I of Article L. 561-7, the contract may be replaced by an internal procedure established at group level.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-134

…atter has one month to submit its observations. In urgent cases, the Director General of the Agency may immediately prohibit the export for a maximum period of six months. Decisions to ban exports mus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-13

…get and the financial account are enforceable under the conditions laid down in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. Decisions relating t…

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