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Showing 25312540 of 4867 articles for Art. CJEU – Bellone – 30 Apr. 1998 – C-215/97

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Branch agreements and professional agreements.

Article L2232-6

…article L. 2122-5 or, where applicable, in the elections referred to in article L. 2122-6, at least 30% of the votes cast in favour of organisations recognised as representative at this level, regardl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-6

…f the seventh paragraph of the same article, is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros.II It is punishable by the same penalties to divulge nominative information enabling bo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to transfers of portfolios of insurance contracts

Article R311-11

…mpensation paid in consideration for a transfer carried out pursuant to 3° and 4° of Article L. 311-30, Article L. 311-36, Article L. 311-42, Article L. 311-48 or Article L. 311-50 shall be paid by th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Facilitating unauthorised entry, movement and residence

Article L823-2

…tions provided for in Article L. 823-9, it is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000 for any person to facilitate or attempt to facilitate the unlawful entry, movement or residen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-53

I. - The articles L. 2334-26 to L. 2334-30 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of article L. 2334-27, in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-39

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-33

…cy within whose jurisdiction the operator is established, the report referred to in Article R. 5212-30, relating to the second control.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28-2

Where, in accordance with Article R. 356-26-1, a subsidiary with its registered office in another Member State has been authorised to be subject to rules similar to those mentioned in Articles R. 356-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Capping of the territorial economic contribution

Article 1647 B sexies

…e assessment for each establishment is increased by the amount of the tax provided for in article 1530 bis and the special additional equipment taxes to the business property tax provided for in artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-5

The tax effort of each commune is equal to the ratio between: 1° The revenue received by the municipality the previous year in respect of property tax on non-built properties, council tax on second ho…

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