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Showing 12811290 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (IEDOM)

Article L721-17

…721-7, for the basic banking services referred to in III of article L. 312-1, credit institutions may not charge more than the average of those charged by the institutions or regional branches of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Substitution compensation.

Article L7313-17

…sion of the employer or of a group of employers, the traveller, sales representative or sales agent may, in the event of termination of the employment contract mentioned in Articles L. 7313-13 and L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 ter

…le 1607 bis, under the same conditions as those set out in the same article. Part of these proceeds may be used to finance operations of national interest to redevelop run-down condominiums, which are…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-17

The designation of the inventor may be rectified only on request accompanied by the consent of the person wrongly designated, and, if the request is not made by the applicant or the proprietor of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-17

…The commission rules under the conditions provided for in articles R. 811-33 to R. 811-35. No one may sit the examination more than three times.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R4422-17

…ive Council and the President of the Assembly of Corsica of the matters referred to the Council. He may ask the President of the Executive Council for documents and studies on these issues.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-17

…of these establishments. No other shareholder or group of shareholders, acting alone or in concert, may hold, directly or indirectly, more than 33% of the voting rights at the general meeting of these…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Relationship between the payment service provider and the payment service user

Article L133-17

…erred to in Article L. 518-1 and enabling the cardholder to withdraw or transfer funds, the payment may be blocked in the event of the beneficiary's receivership or liquidation proceedings until the a…

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

Article R356-17

…ntly over time. However, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, as group supervisor, may decide, for a particular group, at the request of the undertaking referred to in Article R. 356-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article L4163-17

…g social security litigation. Disputes relating to the declaration referred to in Article L. 4163-1 may not be the subject of a dispute separate from that referred to in this Article. Notwithstandinga…

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