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Showing 28112820 of 8385 articles for Art. CE 26-11-1982 n° 30956

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-2

…cle R. 442-11-1 are realised under the following conditions.The political risk arises when performance of the contract has been interrupted or the debtor has not paid his debt, provided that the non-p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L23-11-4

…within a period of one month from the date of the transfer or, where applicable, from the date of receipt of a price supplement relating to this transfer, by the holder or holders of the transferring…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11-1

…f gametes or germ tissue derived from the human body are subject to authorisation issued by the Agence de la biomédecine. They are exclusively intended to enable the pursuit of a parental project thro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-6

…L. 724-7 du code rural et de la pêche maritime. To this end, they act, each insofar as they are concerned, in accordance with the rules for investigating and recording offences determined by the prov…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-111-14

…of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be written back to the operating section:- the proceeds from the disposal of a fixed asset received as a gift or bequest, provided that it is not expr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11-3

I.-The statutory auditor may not take, receive or retain, directly or indirectly, an interest in the person or entity whose accounts he is responsible for certifying, or in a person who controls it or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-11-3

…ernational Settlements and shall exchange with them such information as is relevant to the performance of their tasks. To this end, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, at the req…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-11-4

The public service delegation contract for water or sanitation requires the delegatee, firstly, to draw up a detailed inventory of the delegator's assets at the end of the contract and, secondly, with…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-4

…ded for in article R. 442-11-1, after consulting the Commission des garanties et du crédit au commerce extérieur, on the basis of at least one of the following criteria:1° The transaction is carried o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Victims' rights

Article D1-11-2

Prior to any release or cessation, even temporary, of the imprisonment of a detained person prosecuted or convicted for offences committed within the couple covered by article 132-80 du code pénal, or…

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