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Showing 20212030 of 4136 articles for Art. Convention franco-britannique 1968

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-9

I. - After their appointment, interns, regardless of their assignment, come under the authority of the university hospital centre to which they are attached for all acts of management relating to thei…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII : Station development

Article L1427-1

When one or more premises are left vacant following the closure or relocation of a station, the mayor or the president of the local authority of which the municipality is a member may request any info…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-14

For each sport and for a given period, a single approved federation is delegated by the Minister responsible for sport. The granting of the delegation is subject to the conclusion of a delegation cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Information after execution of the payment transaction

Article L314-14

I. - After an individual payment transaction or a payment transaction covered by a framework contract for payment services or by the terms of a deposit account agreement referred to in I of article L.…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Provisions common to both parts of Chapter II.

Article 1527

The advantages that either spouse may derive from the clauses of a community agreement, as well as those that may result from the commingling of movables or debts, are not regarded as gifts. However,…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1843-4

I. - In cases where the law refers to this article to determine the price conditions for a transfer of a shareholder's corporate rights, or the repurchase of such rights by the company, the value of s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694

In the absence of an international agreement stipulating otherwise: 1° Requests for mutual assistance from French judicial authorities to foreign judicial authorities shall be transmitted via the Mini…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-1

The agreements referred to in Article L. 132-28 shall be drawn up in writing at the request of the intermediaries and shall provide in particular for: 1° The insurance intermediary shall: a) Submit to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-1-1

As an exception to article L. 752-1, the projects mentioned in 1° to 6° of the same article L. 752-1 which are not considered to result in artificialisation of the land within the meaning of V of arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-4

I.-When a grouping of orders is set up between communes that are members of the same public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status or between these communes and this pu…

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