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Showing 41114120 of 9704 articles for Art. CJEU – Agro – 16 Feb. 2017 – C-507/15

French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L450-7

…ent administrative authorities and independent public authorities mentioned in the annex to Law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authorities and indep…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-41

…vices listed in this section are medical devices within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medical devices. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-19

…ectronically after affixing an electronic signature in accordance with the provisions of Decree No. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 on electronic signatures.The decision to refuse, suspend or withdraw…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-37

…215 for other purposes by the persons mentioned in 8°, 9°, 9° bis, 10°, 11°, 11° bis, 14°, 15° and 16° of Article L. 561-2 may give rise to the penalties provided for in Article L. 561-40.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R452-1

…or of the thing that is the product thereof in accordance with the provisions of 5° of article 131-16 and of the last paragraph of Article 131-40 of the Criminal Code.Recidivism is punishable in acco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Procedure before the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-17

…appeal made pursuant to the provisions of articles R. 36 or R. 39. The provisions of article R. 40-16.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transitional and common provisions

Article L133-17

…or classification within the meaning of article L. 133-13 of this code was submitted by 31 December 2017 at the latest and declared complete by the prefecture by 30 April 2018 at the latest, or that t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tax on insurance policies

Article 1001

…le L. 211-1 of the Insurance Code;5° ter A 12.5% for premiums or contributions due from 1 January 2016 and 13.4% for premiums or contributions due from 1 January 2017, for legal protection insurance d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services authorised in France

Article D532-23-2

…ch notifications shall be made under the conditions set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1018 of 29 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the C…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L351-7

…able: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 314-1 to L. 314-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016 L. 314-5 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 314-6 R…

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