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Showing 64716480 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 788

The convicted person must, except in the case of prescription, justify payment of the fine and damages or the remission made to him. Failing this justification, he must establish that he has undergone…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-33

…f the code of conduct referred to in the same article.Notwithstanding Articles 42 et seq. of Act 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, when the Autorité de Régulation de la Communi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L632-2

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or lega…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Fund for the adjustment of certain annuities awarded as compensation for damage caused by a land motor vehicle.

Article A431-9

The rate of the deduction for assessment and collection costs to be made from the proceeds of the additional contribution to insurance premiums or contributions instituted by article 2 of law no. 74-1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Introduction of a foreign worker.

Article L5221-2-1

By way of derogation from article L. 5221-2, the following are not subject to the condition laid down in 2° of the same article L. 5221-2: 1° Foreign nationals who enter France in order to work for a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-6

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 4124-2 reads as follows: "Art. L. 4124-2. - Doctors entrusted with a public service and registered on the register of New Caledoni…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-13

Only expenditure necessary to pay debts due and expenditure for which the law has expressly so decided is compulsory for the local authority. The territorial audit chamber to which a matter has been r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6362-13

Only expenditure necessary to pay debts due and expenditure for which the law has expressly so decided is compulsory for the territorial authority. The territorial audit chamber to which a matter has…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article LO6442-1

I. - The Territorial Council may submit to a referendum any draft deliberation tending to regulate a matter within its competence, with the exception, on the one hand, of the opinions it is called upo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-16

Only expenditure necessary to pay debts due and expenditure for which the law has expressly so decided are obligatory for the local authority. The territorial audit chamber, seized either by the repre…

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