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Showing 46214630 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-53

A decree shall determine the conditions under which decisions to grant, refuse or withdraw authorisation are taken and notified, as well as the reporting requirements applicable to branches authorised…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261 E

…Article L. 2333-56 of the General Local Authorities Code and 2 to 9 of II of Article 34 of Law no. 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 on the rectifying finances for 2017 ;2° Le produit de l'exploitation d…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-31

…ework scheme no. SA.59722 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 9 December 2020, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020 C(2020) 3532, on the basis of scheme no. SA.56985 for business…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-2

…ch Polynesia and subject to the adaptations provided for in this Chapter.In other cases, the Agency may enter into agreements with the authorities of New Caledonia and French Polynesia.Article L. 5311…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-55

…ta, the tenant who has made a request in accordance with articles L. 145-47, L. 145-48 or L. 145-49 may waive it by notifying the lessor by extrajudicial act or by registered letter with acknowledgeme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-12

…e minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 3123-10 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocated to member…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-12

…e minimum growth wage per hour.The provisional amount of training expenses under article L. 4135-10 may not be less than 2% of the total amount of functional allowances that may be allocated to member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions applicable to clinical trials on medicinal products

Article L1124-1

…e a trial as provided for in paragraph 4 of article 8 of the aforementioned regulation, the sponsor may submit a request for re-examination to the following authorities: 1° The Agence nationale de séc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa - Brokerage of medicinal products

Article R5124-77

The obligations mentioned in articles R. 5124-48-2, R. 5124-58 and R. 5124-60 are applicable to persons carrying out the activity of drug brokerage mentioned in article L. 5124-19.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4222-3

The application must be accompanied by : 1° Where it is submitted with a view to practising as a dispensary holder : a) a copy of the licence referred to in article L. 5125-4 ; b) a copy of any docume…

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