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Showing 13211330 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2221-17

…this date. The assets and liabilities of the régie are included in the accounts of the commune. The mayor is responsible for winding up the régie. He may appoint a liquidator by decree, whose powers h…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2351-17

Where the purchaser lays down requirements relating to subcontracts, it may in particular request, in the notice of invitation to tender, that the tenderer's offer include: 1° An indication of the par…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-17

…to be established by a protest drawn up in due time. Acceptance is pure and simple, but the drawee may restrict it to part of the sum. Any other change made by the acceptance to the particulars of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-17

…nged and for which the definition of a bathing water set out in article L. 1332-2 no longer applies may be excluded from this list, provided that justification is given. The information to be provided…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-17

No one may sit the admission tests unless they have been declared eligible by the selection board. The admission tests are oral and take place in public session. They comprise: 1° A ten-minute present…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Scientific Council.

Article R5322-17

…issions, committees and working groups mentioned in the seventh paragraph of Article R. 5322-14. It may make recommendations on any scientific and technical issue falling within the institution's remi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to securitisation companies

Article L214-179

…tanding Titles II and III of Book II of the French Commercial Code :1° The ordinary general meeting may be held without a quorum being required; the same applies, on second call, to the extraordinary…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Competition Authority.

Article R464-17

…hts or obligations of other persons who were parties before the Competition Authority, such persons may intervene in the proceedings before the Court of Appeal. Voluntary intervention is made, on pain…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4 : The impossibility for French nationals established outside France to celebrate their marriage abroad

Article 171-9

…s purpose at least one month before the publication provided for in article 63. The civil registrar may ask the territorially competent diplomatic or consular authority to conduct the joint hearing an…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-17

…e Board of Directors and sends it to the Ministers of Culture and Sport.To carry out his duties, he may delegate his signature to the heads of the departments under his authority.

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