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Showing 23412350 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-16

…o papers and filters sold, distributed or offered separately. III. - 1° of I comes into force on 20 May 2020 for tobacco products containing a clearly identifiable flavour whose sales volume represent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1639 A

…before 15 April each year, of decisions relating either to the rates or to the revenue, as the case may be, of direct taxes levied for their benefit.However, when the communication to local authoritie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5 : Payment by bank transfer or direct debit

Article 1681 sexies

…wn up by joint order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister responsible for the Budget may pay these taxes, regardless of their amount, by direct transfer to the Treasury account opened w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-161

…months. At the discretion of the bodies mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 5134-19-1, this period may be less than six months if this is justified by the training pathway of the persons concerned, t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R431-16-4

…and the allocation to the legal and regulated reserves. III - The reserves defined in this article may only be distributed or reallocated after approval by the Minister for the Economy and Finance. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16

…unrelated to their pathological condition. However, the Committee for the Protection of Individuals may decide in other cases, taking into account the risks and constraints involved in research involv…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 422-16

…hed version to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. On reasoned request, this period may be extended by one year, by decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-16

…ays before the hearing.When the case is referred to a subsequent hearing, the minimum notice period may be reduced to seven days.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice of the profession by dental surgery students

Article D4393-16

…Diploma of Doctor of Dental Surgery. This authorisation is valid for one year throughout France. It may be renewed under the same conditions, on proof of continuation of the same studies. Reasons must…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-17-3

There is no need to apply the provisions of articles D. 147-17 to D. 147-17-2 when the sentenced person has filed an application for sentence adjustment pending before the sentence enforcement court.

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