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Showing 11711180 of 60748 articles for Art. CE 11-5-2021 n° 440044 and 440045

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Imprest accounts (R).

Article R1617-11

…responsible for the budget, only the following may be paid through an imprest account: 1° Equipment and operating expenses not included in a public contract awarded in accordance with a formalised pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Registration system

Article R1333-114

…anied by a file containing :1° In the case of a natural person, their surname, first name, position and contact details;2° In the case of a legal entity, its name or corporate name, its legal form and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-5

…paragraph.The costs of the electronic registered letter sent via the electronic portal shall not exceed an amount set by order of the Minister of Justice.The sums collected pursuant to the previous p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-11

…icle L. 356-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall verify whether the insurance and reinsurance undertakings are subject by the supervisory authority of the ultimate parent unde…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1127-1

Any person who offers the supply of goods or the provision of services on a professional basis, by electronic means, shall make the applicable contractual stipulations available in a manner that allow…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-11

The reserve price is the minimum price agreed with the seller below which the property may not be sold. If the property has been estimated, this price may not be set higher than the lowest estimate ap…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-11

…ferred to in the ninth paragraph of Article L. 111-7 specifies the operation of the comparison service in a specific section. This section is directly and easily accessible on all the pages of the sit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-112

…loi d'avenir, subject to the specific provisions set out in this section. Personalised professional and, where applicable, social monitoring of the beneficiary of a future job is provided during worki…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article R4061-11

…itioner covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the code de la défense must provide evidence of training and experience which provide him with skills equivalent to those required to obtain t…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-11

…er of the sporting event or competition, by matching the file transmitted by the latter with the processing of personal data relating to online sports betting operations that it has at its disposal pu…

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