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Showing 17311740 of 48530 articles for Art. L 145-16 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 February 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 23 July 1986 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 February 1972

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-11

…dition that each of the rights transferred is the subject of a separate mention in the contract concluded with the phonogram producer and that the field of exploitation of these rights is delimited as…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General procedural rules

Article L327-11

I.-In order to carry out the duties set out in Article L. 327-1, the legal representatives of collective management undertakings, independent management undertakings, their subsidiaries and the undert…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Debt consolidation

Article L314-11

When a credit transaction intended to consolidate previous loans includes one or more loans mentioned in article L. 313-1 whose relative share does not exceed a threshold set by decree by the Conseil…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National agricultural risk management fund

Article L431-11

The accounting and financial management of the national agricultural risk management fund referred to in Article L. 442-1 is carried out by the caisse centrale de réassurance in an account separate fr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-11

In order to obtain data on the costs of care within health care institutions, national cost studies are carried out each year on health care institutions in the categories mentioned in a to d of artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-11

A Scientific Advisory Board ensures the quality and consistency of the Agency's scientific policy. An Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, in conjunction with the compliance officer referred to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the market undertaking

Article L421-11

I. - The contracting company shall take the necessary steps to :1. Detect, prevent and manage the potentially harmful effects, for the proper functioning of the regulated market or for market members,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-11

…ice setting out the terms of the issue and an information document. This document covers, in particular, the organisation, the amount of equity at the end of the previous financial year, the financial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability of those responsible

Article L481-11

The person mentioned in article L. 481-1 that has benefited from a total exemption from a financial penalty under a leniency procedure is only jointly and severally liable to compensate the damage suf…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16°: Acquisitions of woods and forests and land for reforestation

Article 1137

Acquisitions of properties in the nature of woods and forests and bare land not subject to a prohibition on afforestation, recorded in a notarised deed signed before 1 January 2005, are exempt from an…

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