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Showing 61616170 of 68978 articles for Art. s. L. 145-1 to L. 145-60 + R. 145-1 to R. 145-38

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5211-11-1

…establishments for inter-municipal cooperation, the chairman may decide that the council meeting is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the Council meeting is held by videoconference…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-11

Insurance or reinsurance undertakings may decide to publish in the report referred to in Article L. 355-5 any information or explanations relating to their solvency and financial position other than t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-10

Major events, within the meaning of Article L. 355-5, include at least the following: a) When a deviation from the Minimum Capital Requirement is observed and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-11

The tenderer indicates in its tender the exhaustive list of companies mentioned in 1° to 4° of article R. 2393-2 that are not considered as subcontractors. He must keep this list up to date and inform…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-10

…derer shall indicate in its tender the percentage of the contract value and the services it intends to subcontract in order to comply with the requirements set by the purchaser in the contract notice.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-12

The contractor awards the sub-contracts under the conditions defined in sub-section 3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-1

I. - A. - The penalties provided for in A of I of Article L. 465-1 shall apply to any person who carries out a transaction, places an order or behaves in such a way as to give, or be likely to give, m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-14

…lthcare professional, a healthcare institution, a healthcare service or a body mentioned in article L. 1142-1 or a producer of a healthcare product mentioned in article L. 1142-2, the insurer who guar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-11

…he judgment closing a judicial liquidation on the grounds of insufficient assets does not give creditors the right to exercise their individual actions against the debtor. There are exceptions to this…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-18

The conditions of access to the actions mentioned in Article L. 324-17 and to the benefits of the collective management bodies financed using the sums mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 3…

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