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Showing 69016910 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Common provisions

Article L2224-11-4

…the contract or, for contracts expiring within six months of the date of promulgation of Law no. 2010-788 of 12 July 2010 on the national commitment to the environment, on the expiry date of the cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-27

In the event of an on-site audit, a report is drawn up. The draft report is brought to the attention of the management of the audited entity, who may make comments, which are included in the final rep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-26

In retail establishments where the weekly rest period normally takes place on Sundays, this rest period may be cancelled on the Sundays designated for each retail establishment by decision of the mayo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-4

…establishments or premises, the penalties are increased to seven years' imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 euros. Where the offence provided for in this article is committed by means of the written o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-5

The court may declare the personal bankruptcy of any person mentioned in Article L. 653-1 against whom one of the following facts has been established: 1° Having exercised a commercial, craft or agric…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-11

The panel summons the accused person to a hearing, which is held at least two months after the statement of objections is notified.Where there is a serious reason to doubt the impartiality of a member…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Id : Multi-territorial exploitation licences for online rights in musical works

Article R321-12

…ent organisation requested by another organisation to ensure the management of multi-territorial exploitation authorisations in accordance with article L. 325-3 shall give a written response within on…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-8

…ity and security, the personal data and information mentioned in 2° of the appendix to Decree no. 2010-236 of 5 March 2010 within eight days of the transmission by the authorised and sworn agents ment…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R335-5

…tal Communications Regulatory Authority) designated in application of IV of Article 4 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication to implement a means of securing his or her ac…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-2

The board of directors of the national metrology and testing laboratory comprises:

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