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Showing 21412150 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-16

…works is awarded to legal entities that assume the functions of a delegated production company. Aid may be awarded to several legal entities acting jointly as part of a co-production.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1651 L

…that are members of a group within the meaning of Article 223 A or article 223 A bis, any taxpayer may request that the matter be referred to the national commission referred to in article 1651 H if…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of court-appointed administrators or agents)

Article R814-164

…mandataires judiciaires does not comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions in force, it may be invited to regularise the situation by the public prosecutor at the court of appeal in whose…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of court-appointed administrators or agents)

Article R814-169

…company, the copy of the dispatch provided for in the first paragraph of which any interested party may obtain communication. He may not take up his duties until the aforementioned formalities have be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-16

…here these documents are made available to the public is the regional headquarters. These documents may also be made available to the public in each département, in a public place.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article R423-16

…l Committee does not reach a decision, it refers the case to a subsequent meeting. If necessary, it may ask the rapporteur to carry out further investigations and then set a deadline for the submissio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-16

The Articles of Association may provide for the allocation, as a first dividend, of interest calculated on the paid-up and unredeemed amount of the shares. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-16

…of the protection applied for by indicating the technical characteristics of the invention. A claim may not, unless absolutely necessary, be based, in order to express the technical characteristics of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of court-appointed administrators or agents)

Article R814-167

…libérales by judicial administrators or judicial representatives who are partners in such a company may give rise to disciplinary proceedings.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses

Article R1511-16

…reas delimited by the decree mentioned in article R. 1511-10, local authorities and their groupings may grant aid for business property investment under the conditions set out in sub-section 2.

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