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Showing 46414650 of 61143 articles for Art. s. L. 214-1 & L. 214-1-1

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-12

…including any person appointed pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of II of Article L. 812-2 or of III of the same article: 1° Deliberately harming the interests of the creditors or th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-18

…o the person that controls it or that is controlled by it within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3, services other than the certification of accounts, the total fees invoiced for these other…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-13

…the conditions listed below are not subject to the marketing authorisation provided for in Article L. 5121-8: 1° Oral or external administration ; 2° No specific therapeutic indication on the labelli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for public services.

Article L2512-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to 1° To employees of the State, regions, departments and municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants; 2° To employees of public or private companies, organis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-14

The President of the Executive Council may, by order deliberated within the Executive Council, take any measure:1° Tending to specify the terms of application of the deliberations of the Assembly of M…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Framework contract for payment services

Article L314-13

…charges applicable to transactions relating to the management of an account referred to in article L. 522-4, in accordance with the procedures laid down by an order of the Minister responsible for th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Compulsory transmission of individual data to the health authority.

Article L3113-1

…s that must be reported under 1° or 2° of I, in particular due to their seriousness or contagiousness.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-1

Data communication service providers are defined in point 36a of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in fina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Information and consultation procedure instituted by agreement.

Article L2342-12

The employees' representatives within the framework of an information and consultation procedure and the experts who assist them are bound : 1° Professional secrecy for all matters relating to manufac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: European Works Council set up by agreement.

Article L2342-10

The members of the European Works Council set up by agreement and the experts who assist them are bound : 1° to professional secrecy for all matters relating to manufacturing processes ; 2° To an obli…

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