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Showing 83218330 of 9704 articles for Art. CJEU – Agro – 16 Feb. 2017 – C-507/15

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1-A

The court-appointed agent may practise his profession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Time limit for applying for a residence permit

Article R431-5

If the foreign national is already residing in France, his application must be submitted within the following time limits: 1° A foreign national who holds a residence document referred to in 2° to 8°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-2

Any person who, directly or through an intermediary, recruits, retains or employs for any period whatsoever a foreign national who does not hold a permit authorising him/her to work in France, in brea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Constitution and organisation of the medical reserve

Article D3132-1

I.- Volunteers in one of the following categories may join the health reserve provided for in article L. 3132-1: 1° Practising healthcare professionals ; 2° Former healthcare professionals who ceased…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Grouped offers

Article L224-42-2

I.-If a bundled offer of services or a bundled offer of services and terminal equipment offered to a consumer includes at least one Internet access service or interpersonal communications service base…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-6

I.-The delegated sports federations are responsible for organising the medical surveillance to which their licence holders registered on the list of elite sportsmen and women mentioned in the first pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8-7

The redemption by the fund of its units and the issue of new units may be temporarily suspended by the management company when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of the unithold…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-2

…burse the health insurance schemes for the expenses mentioned in 1° and a of 2° of II of article L. 169-10 of the Social Security Code.This article applies when the court recognises the victim's right…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-5

I. - By way of exception to I of Article L. 425-4, after obtaining the consent of the client concerned, the operator of the organised trading system may trade by matching with interposition of the pro…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Commitments of the private project manager

Article R2432-4

When the task entrusted to the project manager includes, in addition to assisting the project owner in awarding public works contracts, supervising the performance of public works contracts and assist…

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