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Showing 16111620 of 62356 articles for Art. s. L 811-1 et seq.

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-10

Within three years of the publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale, le périmètre des communautés d'aggloméra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope and implementation.

Article L2341-10

If significant changes occur in the structure of the Community-scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings, either in the absence of provisions provided for by the agreement(s) in force…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-15

The publisher's safeguard or receivership proceedings do not result in termination of the contract.When the business is continued in application of articles L. 621-22 et seq. of the Commercial Code, a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Self-employed managers of food retail branches.

Article L7322-1

The provisions of Chapter I are applicable to self-employed managers as defined in article L. 7322-2, subject to the provisions of this chapter. The company owning the branch is responsible for applyi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L946-12

In Article L. 621-84, the obligation on the court to take account of the provisions contained in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 331-7 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code means the following requir…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-26-1

When the easement instituted in application of articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 is likely to seriously compromise the agricultural or forestry use of the encumbered land, its owner(s) may, from the dat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L814-10

Court-appointed administrators and court-appointed representatives not registered on the national lists, appointed under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 811-2 or the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Transfers between insurance undertakings and supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-1

Insurance undertakings and their branches mentioned in 1° of Article L. 310-2 as well as the French branches of insurance undertakings mentioned in 4° of the same Article may be authorised, under the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L5841-1

For the application of the provisions of Part Five in French Polynesia and except where otherwise provided: 1° The words: "representative of the State in the department", "representative of the State…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5211-19

A commune may withdraw from the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation, except in the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, wi…

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