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Showing 39413950 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1121-2

…rmance assessment, transfer or renewal of contract, or any other measure mentioned in II of Article 10-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising econo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-4

…warded are set out in an agreement with the beneficiaries under the conditions laid down in article 10 of the same law, its implementing decree no. 2001-495 of 6 June 2001 on the financial transparenc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-7

…no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-3 Act no . 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-4 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 621-5 Act no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 621-5-1 and L. 621-5-2 Law no. 201…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Conflict of laws relating to parentage

Article 311-14

Parentage is governed by the personal law of the mother on the day of the child's birth; if the mother is unknown, by the personal law of the child.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-25

…ia secure telecommunication means. The right to information provided for in I de l'article 32 de la loi du 6 janvier 1978 sus mentionnée, sauf en ce qui concerne les personnes habilitées à accéder men…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Electricity distribution and generation

Article R2224-33

…ned by the decree of 8 October 1917 on public administration regulations for the application of the loi du 15 juin 1906 et fixant les conditions de l'exploitation en régie des distributions d'énergie…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 696

…charged all or part of the costs of the proceedings are set by the provisions of Law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 and Decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Public health and environmental whistleblowing

Article L4133-3

…tioned in Article L. 1121-2. They benefit from the protections provided for in I and III of Article 10-1 and in Articles 12 to 13-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corru…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L754-4

…om L. 313-7, with the exception of its 2 and 3 Law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 L. 313-8 to L. 313-10 Order no. 2005-429 of 6 May 2005

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-32

…ealth insurance bodies entrusted by the order referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 1435-10 with the payment of certain expenses falling within the remit of the regional intervention fund p…

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