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Showing 52815290 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Commercial transactions.

Article L110-1

…service;8° All public banking operations;9° All obligations between traders, merchants and bankers;10° Between all persons, bills of exchange;11° Between all persons, guarantees of commercial debts.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-3

…rable opinion from the Minister for Agriculture, by health networks recognised under article L. 201-10 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime (Rural and Maritime Fishing Code).Subject to respect fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1812

…provided for in the second paragraph of Article 1798, by the penalties provided for in Article L217-10 of the French Consumer Code. Infringements are investigated and established at the behest of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Functional protection

Article R722-39

Without prejudice to the agreement concluded between the lawyer and the judge under Article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, the State may en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Termination of service

Article R6152-933

…ded for in II of article R. 4111-7 or II of article R. 4221-13, or in the last paragraph of article 10 of decree no. 2020-1017 of 7 August 2020 implementing IV and V of article 83 of law no. 2006-1640…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Temporary documents issued when applying for a residence permit

Article L431-3

Holding a provisional document issued in connection with an application for a residence permit, an asylum application certificate or a provisional residence permit authorises the foreign national's pr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Invalidity of deeds on formal grounds.

Article 114

No procedural act may be declared null and void on the grounds of a defect in form unless its nullity is expressly provided for by law, except in the case of failure to observe a substantial formality…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 48

Any civil status record of French nationals in a foreign country will be valid if it has been received, in accordance with French law, by diplomatic or consular agents.The civil status data is kept by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-1

In the event of the birth abroad of a child at least one of whose parents is French, the transcription of the child's birth record must retain the child's name as it appears on the foreign birth recor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-39

Pursuant to the provisions of IV of article 31 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978, the delegating federation responsible for authorised data processing shall send the Commission nationale de…

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