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Showing 13411350 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declaration of public interest and protection perimeter

Article R1322-17

…o be assigned to it, as provided for in article L. 1322-3, is sent to the Prefect. This application may be attached to the application for authorisation to operate, submitted in application of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-17

…e ministers responsible for health, health insurance, the elderly and the disabled. These ministers may, by order published in the Journal officiel de la République française, authorise the secretary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Worker information and training

Article R4453-17

…cs of electromagnetic field emissions ; 2° The direct biophysical effects and indirect effects that may result from exposure to electromagnetic fields; 3° The measures taken in application of section…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multidisciplinary teams

Article R4626-17

…e designed to ensure the free presentation of their observations and proposals. The social services may be involved in the implementation of actions carried out by the autonomous occupational health a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-17

…aragraphs of article L. 1142-15, the second to fourth and penultimate paragraphs of article L. 1142-17, article L. 1142-19 and the second paragraph of article L. 1142-20 apply to the Office's offer.Wh…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-17

…cess is in place. This list is drawn up by order of the Minister responsible for asylum. The Office may also decide not to use this procedure, in particular for reasons relating to the applicant's per…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5211-17

Municipalities that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may at any time transfer, in whole or in part, to the latter, some of their competencies whose transfer is not…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 164 B

I. The following are considered as French source income: a. Income from real estate located in France or rights relating to such real estate; b. Income from French transferable securities and all othe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2112-17

…ndustrial and commercial nature, local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings may only conclude a contract at provisional prices in the following cases:1° When, in the case of co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles.

Article L2261-17

…rrangement in a given branch of activity or territorial sector, the Minister responsible for labour may, at the request of one of the representative organisations concerned or on his own initiative, u…

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