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Showing 13511360 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting requirements applicable to all traders

Article R123-178

…irect production expenses: interest on capital borrowed to finance the manufacture of a fixed asset may be included in the production cost when it relates to the manufacturing period. With regard to c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: General training common to mountain sports teaching, supervision and training professions

Article A212-170

…try to the common general training course for teaching, supervision and training in mountain sports may enrol. The enrolment file, the composition of which is set out in appendix II-20, must be submit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-17

…ounting officer. At the request of the assigning accounting officer, the variable intensity control may be temporarily terminated if the results of the monitoring of the control plan appear unsatisfac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General characteristics

Article R4462-17

…erimposed platforms. In the latter case, several independent operations on several different levels may be carried out on the said objects or near the said objects, if the safety study demonstrates th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-17

No medical device may be placed on the market or put into service in France unless it complies with the essential health and safety requirements referred to in section 5 of this chapter which apply to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L114-16

I.-As an exception to law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, law no. 84-16 of 11th January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil servi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-17

…ing company. At the request of an undertaking, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of this article, authorise it, for a spec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-17

…article L. 5131-6 and, where applicable, of the replacement income referred to in article L. 5421-1 may be stopped, in whole or in part, if the young person, without legitimate reason, is absent from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 F

…or a complete branch of activity or on the sale of a business, a craft business or a customer base may be subject to a staggered settlement plan where the parties have agreed to a deferred or stagger…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1740 E

…ator whose individual registration number has been withdrawn pursuant to the first three paragraphs may submit a new application for a single registration number on expiry of a period of six months fr…

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