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Showing 47014710 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-40

Measures taken by the collège de résolution pursuant to Articles L. 613-48 to L. 613-62-2 may be relied on against third parties without further formality as soon as they are published on the website…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-38

…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 busin…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…nts providing obstetrics, obstetric ultrasound, intensive care or one of the following specialities may apply for accreditation: 1° General surgery ; 2° Neurosurgery ; 3° Urological surgery ; 4° Ortho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-7

…e L. 1125-1 and the performance studies referred to in Article L. 1126-1, the internal-use pharmacy may dispense the products required for these to investigators in the research sites where the resear…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-1

…as amended by Decree no. 2020-1452 of 27 November 2020; Article R. 121-20 as amended by Decree no. 2017-891 of 6 May 2017; Articles R. 121-23 and R. 125-1 as amended by Decree no. 2019-1333 of 11 Dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-21

…561-18, the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c and in 12°, 12°a, 13°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 may, when acting for the same customer and in the same transaction or when they have knowledge, for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-19

…21-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and for the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, water samples are taken by agents of the Regional Health Agency or by agents of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-125

…transfer or contribution of the property affected, as provided for in articles L. 526-16 and L. 526-17 113.20 € 108 Valuation of a property whose value must be declared under article L. 526-10 113.20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Inclusion on the list of medicinal products for officinal use

Article R5121-202

…medicinal products, known as medicinal products for officinal use, which the dispensing pharmacist may present for direct access to the public under the conditions set out in article R. 4235-55. It i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L352-1

…same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 321-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 321-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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