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Showing 34613470 of 60189 articles for Art. L 111-3 to L 111-11

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L238-3-1

Any interested party may apply to the president of the court ruling in summary proceedings for an order, subject to a fine, requiring companies using the acronym "SE" in their company name in breach o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3-1

Undertakings covered by the Solvency II regime are :1° The undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 which are authorised to carry on their business, and those referred to in the first paragraph of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-3

The persons mentioned in 1°, 1° bis, 1° ter and 1° quater of Article L. 561-2 are not subject to the provisions of this chapter solely in respect of their activities in providing the service mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Use of the account for a professional retraining project

Article L4163-8-3

The regional joint inter-professional committees referred to in article L. 6323-17-6 are responsible for examining and providing administrative and financial support for professional retraining projec…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions applicable to tourist offices

Article L133-3-1

The Tourist Office may set up one or more permanent or non-permanent offices, which may be responsible for providing tourist information.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-1-3

I.- By way of derogation from the second paragraph ofArticle L. 1111-2 andArticle L. 1111-7, only the doctor prescribing the examination of genetic characteristics is authorised to communicate the res…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-4

The provisions of II of article L. 212-3 as well as articles L. 212-3-1 and L. 212-3-2 are of public order.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Innovation mutual funds

Article L214-30-1

Each year, before 30 April of the following year, innovation mutual funds send the Autorité des marchés financiers a summary statement of the companies financed, the securities held and the amounts in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Renewal of the contract.

Article L1251-35-1

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded in application ofarticle L. 1251-35, the assignment contract may be renewed twice for a fixed term which, added to the te…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-197-3

The rights resulting from the allocation of free shares are non-transferable until the end of the vesting period. In the event of the death of the beneficiary, his heirs may request the allocation of…

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