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Showing 16611670 of 63423 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1021 of 3-11-2023

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies

Article L214-114

The purpose of non-trading property investment companies (sociétés civiles de placement immobilier) is the direct or indirect acquisition and management of property assets for rental purposes, includi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-11

Volunteers, trained in end-of-life care and belonging to associations that select them, may, with the agreement of the patient or their relatives and without interfering with medical and paramedical c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-11

The occupational health and prevention service is administered jointly by a board composed of :1° Employers' representatives appointed by the representative organisations at national and cross-industr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-11

Each bank account opened by the entrepreneur for the purposes of the business activity to which assets have been assigned must contain in its heading the name provided for in 2° of article R. 526-3 as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L743-11

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L742-11

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-11

…ng production costs and individualising costs in France; 2° A provisional financing plan; 3° A list of the names of prospective creative and production staff; 4° A list of the names of prospective tec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-11

…iling has been made in simplified form, the applicant must, no later than six months before the end of the three-year period provided for in Article R. 512-10, waive deferment of publication in writin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizures and assignments.

Article L3252-11

The parties may be represented by : 1° A lawyer ; 2° A ministerial officer of the jurisdiction, who is exempt from producing a power of attorney; 3° An agent of their choice with power of attorney. If…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-11

If they have never held judicial office in an industrial tribunal, they are invited to take the oath:1° The councillor appointed after the general renewal ;2° A councillor appointed during his term of…

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