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Showing 32313240 of 6003 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 Jan. 2011 – no. 2010-85 QPC

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Criminal provisions

Article L642-3

…fails to comply with the temporary ban on professional activity ordered pursuant to article L. 621-13 shall be liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. Any person who fails to d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Association employment vouchers and company service vouchers

Article D1272-4

…s been signed in accordance with articles L. 1221-1 to L. 1221-5 and articles L. 1242-12 to L. 1242-13, in the case of a fixed-term employment contract, or article L. 3123-6, in the case of a part-tim…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D31-3

…the press or by articles L. 86, L. 87, L. 91 to L. 100, L. 102 to L. 104, L. 106 to L. 108 and L. 113 of the Electoral Code, must, on pain of inadmissibility, attach to his complaint with civil party…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adapted companies

Article L5213-19-1

…al and control of the multi-year contracts for objectives and resources referred to in Article L. 5213-13 , as well as the procedures for their suspension or termination; 2° The procedures for the spe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-11

…t the accident had imposed disbursements on the third party payers referred to in article 29 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 and in article L. 211-25, the third party payers lose all rights to reimbu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Agricultural organisations

Article 1028 ter

…y. This article only applies to transfers of property acquired after the date of publication of law no. 90-85 of 23 January 1990 supplementary to law no. 88-1202 of 30 December 1988 relating to the ad…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance

Article R3334-3

…Saint-Martin under the conditions set out respectively in article R. 3443-2-1, in article 35 of law no. 85-1268 of 29 November 1985 relating to the overall operating grant and article R. 3443-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Offences committed by a person other than the employer or his representative.

Article R4741-5

…in articles R. 4532-85 and R. 4532-86. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Remuneration

Article R6153-1-7

…nt, the amount of which is calculated in accordance with the rules laid down inarticle 10 of decree no. 85-1148 of 24 October 1985 as amended relating to the remuneration of civil and military personn…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2397-2

The provisions of articles D. 2197-13 to D. 2197-15 and articles D. 2197-17 to D. 2197-22 apply.

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