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Showing 30713080 of 6040 articles for Art. 11 déc. 1996

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…1522-2 to L. 1522-5 Order no. 2003-1212 of 18 December 2003 L. 1523-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1523-4 law no. 2005-809 of 20 July 2005 L. 1523-5, with the exception of its seventh paragra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-65

The provisions of 3° to 9° and 11° of article L. 214-24-31 and article L. 214-24-47 apply under the same conditions to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-20

…paragraph of article L. 225-68 includes the information defined in articles L. 22-10-9 to L. 22-10-11 as well as article L. 225-37-4.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Account overdrafts

Article L341-20

…L. 341-9 and L. 341-12 to L. 341-18 apply to credit granted in the form of an overrun as defined in 11° of article L. 311-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-3-1

…ms brought pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Medical examination

Article R531-10

For the application of Article L. 531-11, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall ensure that the applicant understands that his or her refusal to undergo a medica…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Special notification procedures

Article R613-3

…e same applies to the decision to extend a prohibition on returning, provided for in article L. 612-11.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-4

…ence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé in application of article L. 5124-11 is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R61-26

Where the provisions of articles 723-34,763-3 and 763-11, the sentence enforcement court will notify the person concerned of any changes to the conditions under which the mobile electronic surveillanc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-35

The national commission will inform the commissions mentioned in article L. 1142-5 and the courts mentioned in article L. 1142-11 without delay of the removal of experts from the national list of medi…

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