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Showing 26112620 of 62242 articles for Art. L. 416-1 et seq.

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-10

…by multi-annual farming or grazing agreement concluded under the conditions provided for in article L. 481-1 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime (Rural and Maritime Fishing Code) or by agreement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adapted companies

Article L5213-13-1

…href='/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006074069&idArticle=LEGIARTI000006797049&dateTexte=&categorieLien=cid' title='Code de l'action sociale et des familles - art. L241-5 (V)'&gt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Company solvency

Article L334-1

The undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 must at all times comply with a solvency margin calculated in accordance with the procedures defined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat. The Autorité de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-salaried worker training insurance funds.

Article L6332-11-1

…l development advice is managed within a specific section of a skills operator mentioned in article L. 6332-1-1. The designated skills operator is the one approved to receive the funds mentioned in c…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to shores and beaches.

Article L341-14

The rules relating to pedestrian access to beaches and those relating to beach concessions are set out in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L922-1

To articles L. 225-177, L. 225-179 and L. 233-11, the words: "the date of publication of the loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001" are replaced by the words: "the date of publication of the l'ordonnance n°…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Falsifications

Article L451-1-1

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-1 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-16

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre, as well as the conditions for granting, modifying and withdrawing the approval…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1

…d by the Code de la mutualité, including mutual insurers and unions for supplementary professional retirement mentioned in article L. 214-1 of this code, provident institutions and unions governed by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-1-1

…tation of several books by the same author governed by separate publishing contracts may not be offset against each other, unless an agreement to the contrary, separate from the publishing contracts,…

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