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Showing 43714380 of 5132 articles for Art. 13 nov. 1997

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations applicable to instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L314-16

I. - Where the payment transaction is executed using an instrument referred to in Article L. 133-28, the payment service provider may provide the payer, on paper or on another durable medium, only wit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-4

…the conditions provided for in article L. 384-3 of this Code, articles L. 228-65, L. 228-73, L. 236-13, L. 236-14, L. 236-15, L. 236-18 and L. 236-21 of the French Commercial Code do not apply. II. -…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transitional and common provisions

Article L133-17

…this article, and provided that an application for classification within the meaning of article L. 133-13 of this code was submitted by 31 December 2017 at the latest and declared complete by the pre…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classified tourist resorts.

Article R133-37

In order to be classified as a tourist resort, the tourist municipalities referred to in article L. 133-11 must implement, if necessary on only a fraction of their territory, actions likely to ensure…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-15

…finance laws; 6° The general conditions for granting the financial aid mentioned in articles L. 411-13 and L. 411-14; 7° General conditions for the conclusion and performance of contracts and agreemen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities

Article R112-6

…ister for the Budget, if none of them has objected within this period.The decisions provided for in 13° of article R. 112-4 are automatically enforceable fifteen days after their receipt by the minist…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-14

…oitation rights independently of one another, on pain of invalidity. As an exception to Article L. 613-9, the transfer or amendment of the rights attached to the French patent application or to the Fr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12-2 a

…er State of origin, to any of the convictions or measures mentioned in articles L. 212-9 and L. 212-13, translated into French by a sworn translator or organisation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2312-21

…y negotiations provided for in article L. 2242-1, in 1° of article L. 2242-11 or in article L. 2242-13 and for the specific consultations of the social and economic committee provided for in article L…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

…for the purposes of Article R. 351-1 as a participation whose valuation, in accordance with Article 13 of Commission Regulation 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, corresponds to the net value of the share of…

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