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Showing 37313740 of 60189 articles for Art. L 111-3 to L 111-11

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-3-4

Article L. 441-2 is repealed.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expert assistance

Article L1233-35-1

Before the request for validation or homologation provided for inArticle L. 1233-57-4 is sent, any dispute relating to the expert appraisal is sent to the administrative authority, which gives its dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30-1

The opening of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, as well as any enforcement proceedings and any equivalent legal proceedings opened against a payment institution on the ba…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30-2

The opening of safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceedings, as well as any enforcement proceedings and any equivalent legal proceedings opened under foreign law against an electronic money inst…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1-3

In the case of research involving the human person to be carried out in emergency situations where it is not possible to obtain the prior consent of the person who will be subjected to the research, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-3-1

For the application of article L. 2111-2, the departmental services in charge of maternal and child protection may, in the event of a presumption that the childminder is taking in more children than a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-18-3

Where the trader has not reimbursed all of the sums paid by the consumer under the conditions set out in articles L. 224-25-22 and L. 224-25-23, the total amount outstanding is automatically increased…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article L321-3-1

Practitioners cannot be held liable for material damage caused to another practitioner by something in their custody, within the meaning of the first paragraph of article 1242 of the Civil Code, when…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-1

I. - Where the performer has transferred all or part of his exploitation rights, the assignee shall send him or make available to him by an electronic communication process, at least once a year, expl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-3

The control officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2 may pass on to the officers authorised by the Director of the Conseil national des activités privées de sécurité, referred to in Article L. 634-…

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