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Showing 42314240 of 7758 articles for Art. 10 nov. 1982

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat leprosy

Article D3112-12

…necessary, withdrawn or suspended, under the conditions laid down in articles D. 3112-8 and D. 3112-10.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article R2543-1

…o communes in the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. The provisions of article R. 1612-10, and articles R. 1612-19 to R. 1612-26 do not apply to the municipalities referred to in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-211

Records of purchases and sales made pursuant to articles L. 225-208, L. 22-10-62, L. 225-209-2, L. 228-12 and L. 228-12-1 must be kept, under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-8

…tigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Of the third paragraph of article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, in compl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-4

…as set out in 5° of I and III of article L. 232-5, articles L. 231-5, L. 231-5-1, L. 231-8, L. 232-10-2 and L. 232-23-5, the second paragraph of article L. 232-14 and articles R. 232-41-16, R. 232-48…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-4-3

…5,000 euros per claim for syndicates of co-owners referred to in article 41-8 of law no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965 laying down the status of co-ownership of built-up properties ;10,000 euros per claim f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.

Article L625-8

…the existence of any other claim, the claims guaranteed by the lien established in articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15 of the Labour Code must, by order of the official receiver, be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-16

…m the allocation provided for in article L. 2334-15 :1° The first two-thirds of municipalities with 10,000 inhabitants or more, classified, each year, according to a synthetic index of resources and c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES

Article L3241-1

…and V of Title III of Book III of Part Three, with the exception of Article L. 3332-1, 2° to 6° and 10° of Article L. 3332-2 and 4° and 10° of article L. 3332-3;3° By Title IV of Book III of Part Thre…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book II: Provisions specific to each court.

Article 853

…the cases provided for by law or regulation, where the claim is for an amount less than or equal to 10,000 euros or where it arises from the performance of an obligation the amount of which does not e…

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