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Showing 18711880 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-11

…expenditure borne by the State, in the year prior to the transfer of powers, in respect of movable and material equipment linked to the bringing into service of new buildings, the maintenance of buil…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-11

A decree specifies the rights and obligations of top-level sportsmen and sportswomen, elite sportsmen and sportswomen, national team sportsmen and sportswomen, and top-level sports referees and judges…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article L134-11

…f the contract, two months for the second year commenced, three months for the third year commenced and subsequent years. In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the end of the notice period c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Allocation

Article L2113-11

…in one of the following cases:1° It is not in a position to carry out the organisational, steering and coordination tasks itself;2° Awarding the contract in separate lots is likely to restrict compet…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-11

…R. 111-20 of the Code de l'Entrée et du Séjour des Etrangers et du Droit d'Asile (Code on the Entry and Residence of Foreigners and the Right of Asylum), the amount of compensation allocated to the pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-11

Performance studies may only be carried out in a place which has the human, material and technical resources appropriate to the performance study and compatible with the safety requirements of the per…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-11

The electricity or natural gas supplier bills, at least once a year, according to the energy consumed. No electricity or natural gas consumption more than fourteen months prior to the last reading or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-11

In addition to donations and bequests made to it and contributions towards some of its costs, the company's resources come from annual subscriptions. The basic rate of the annual subscription is the s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1199-1

…udge who made the decision or who has been delegated jurisdiction a report on the minor's situation and progress at the intervals set by the decision or, failing that, annually.The same applies in the…

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

Article R225-113

…or in Article L. 225-129, all relevant information on the reasons for the proposed capital increase and on the progress of the Company's business since the beginning of the current financial year and,…

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