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Showing 401410 of 2135 articles for Art. s. 38

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-1

…L. 571-6 to L. 571-9, L. 571-14 and L. 571-16 incur, in addition to the fine set out in Article 131-38 of the French Criminal Code, the penalties set out in Article 131-39 of the same Code. The prohib…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Additional penalties and liability of legal persons

Article L823-16

…all incur, in addition to a fine in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in article 131-38 of the French Penal Code, the penalties set out in 1° to 5° and 9° of article 131-39 of the same…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purpose of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business.

Article R123-42

The information provided for in Article R. 123-38 shall be declared in the application for secondary registration.This application also states the trader's surname, usual name, pseudonym and first nam…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-41

For the purposes mentioned in Article R. 5312-38, the information system is linked, for verification and updating purposes, with : 1° The national system for managing identifiers implemented by the Ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-385

The interview(s) provided for in article R. 6152-383 mainly concern : 1° The reasons for the request and the principle of the contractual termination; 2° Setting the date on which the contract will en…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-38

When the offer of compensation is to be made to the victim's heirs, spouse or the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 211-9, each of these persons must, at the insurer's request, p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes.

Article R123-61

…n; 2° With regard to the activity and establishment, the information provided for in Article R. 123-38.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Candidatures of employee trade union organisations

Article R2122-39

…on pain of inadmissibility, within fifteen days of the publication referred to in article R. 2122-38, before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the administrative authority referred to in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to digital signatures

Article A53-5

…and which is based on a qualified electronic seal certificate meeting the requirements of Article 38 of the same Regulation. The technical device enabling this electronic seal to be affixed is subje…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-35

Disputes arising from the application of articles L. 145-34 and L. 145-38 as well as those relating to service charges and works may be submitted to a departmental conciliation commission made up of l…

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