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Showing 39813990 of 9704 articles for Art. CJEU – Agro – 16 Feb. 2017 – C-507/15

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L754-6

…and column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 313-23 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 313-24 and L. 313-25 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 313-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-2

The reprocessing of single-use devices referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, their placing on the market and their use ar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R151-3

…" a) by the director of the territorially competent border police department"; 3° In Article R. 142-16, references to the regional directorates for business, competition, consumer affairs, labour and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Infringements of the rules relating to the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4746-2

…provisions of article R. 4313-14 ; 2° For failing to comply with the provisions of article R. 4313-16. II-Recidivism for the offences provided for in I is punishable in accordance with articles 132-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-75

…es. The powers attributed to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency by articles R. 6143-16 and R. 6143-20 are exercised by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health with regard to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-51

…terms and conditions of the issue, in accordance with the procedures set out in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-2

…511-10 relating to a large-scale or EU-wide infringement, pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-2

…in Article L. 324-1, the provisions of Articles L. 228-65, L. 228-73, L. 236-14, L. 236-15, L. 236-16, L. 236-23 and L. 236-26 of the said Code do not apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Offences relating to securities issued by joint stock companies

Article L245-17

…ies governed by the provisions of Articles L. 225-57 to L. 225-93. The provisions of article L. 245-16 are also applicable to sociétés anonymes governed by articles L. 225-57 to L. 225-93.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-1

…h, labour, transport and agricultureL. 311-3 Act no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 311-4 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 311-7Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017

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