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Showing 33313340 of 5917 articles for Art. 11 févr. 1971

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines

Article L2334-25-1

…rticle R. 2334-10.From 1 January 2019, sums allocated under the second paragraph of article R. 2334-11 are, for each department, at least equal to the average of the sums allocated for the last three…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Civil liability insurance relating to a space operation

Article L176-1

…relating to a space operation are governed by the provisions of Articles L. 175-4, L. 175-8, L. 175-11 to L. 175-15, L. 175-18, L. 175-19, L. 175-21, L. 175-22, L. 175-28 and L. 175-29 as well as by t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-198

…the Extraordinary General Meeting and using distributable sums within the meaning of Article L. 232-11. This amortisation may only be carried out by means of an equal repayment on each share of the sa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L652-2

…cation of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° The provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 614-11 do not apply; 2° The provisions of 1° of Article L. 615-1 do not apply; 3° In Article L. 632-1, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Employee privileges.

Article L625-7

…t of the opening of safeguard proceedings: 1° By the lien established by Articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15 of the Labour Code, for the causes and amounts defined in the said articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-22-2

For the application of the third paragraph of the article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the public prosecutor may, for the same purposes and under the same conditions, make public, through the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising

Article R341-1

…oes not comply with the obligations laid down in articles L. 312-5, L. 312-6 and L. 312-8 to L. 312-11 is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences. The court may also order publication…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L946-9

…L. 622-24, L. 626-20, L. 625-3, L. 625-4 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the French Labour Code are the territorial institutions responsible for implementing the ins…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 7: Withdrawal of communes

Article L5842-30-1

…icated in the right-hand column of the same table. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5216-11 la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 .

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Control

Article R6333-15

…ds which do not comply with the rules defined by articles R. 6332-22, R. 6333-7, R. 6333-9, R. 6333-11, R. 6333-13 and R. 6333-14 give rise to a payment of an equal amount to the Treasury under the co…

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