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Showing 47714780 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L743-4

…f the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 213-1 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 213-2 Order no. 2017-1674 of 8 December 2017 L. 213-3 with the exception of points 5 and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L742-4

…the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 213-1 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 213-2 Order no. 2017-1674 of 8 December 2017 L. 213-3 with the exception of points 5 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical ethics

Article R4441-1

…ugust 2016.Article R. 4127-37-2 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree 2017-499 of 6 April 2017. Articles R. 4127-37, R. 4127-37-1, R. 4127-37-3 and R. 4127-37-4 are appli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-2

…511-10 relating to a large-scale or EU-wide infringement, pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L743-11

…24 March 2014 L. 221-5, with the exception of its third and fifth paragraphsLaw no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-6 Law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022L. 221-7 Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 December 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L742-11

…24 March 2014 L. 221-5, with the exception of its third and fifth paragraphsLaw no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-6 Law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022L. 221-7 Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 December 201…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cafés, public houses and pubs

Article D312-2

…ode. The exemptions referred to in article L. 3335-4 are the subject of annual orders issued by the mayor of the municipality in which the public house whose temporary opening is requested will be loc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article D814-58-3

…the second paragraph of article L. 628-7 ;d) The information provided for in IV of articles L. 622-17 and L. 641-13 ;e) The notice and the creditor's response provided for in article L. 622-27 ;f) Th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2112-15

Subject to the provisions of article R. 2112-17, purchasers may conclude contracts at provisional prices.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Transitional provisions.

Article L441-10

I. - Agreements of any kind in existence on 1 July 2017 and carrying out or providing for the transactions referred to in Article L. 441-1 must be brought into compliance with the provisions of this c…

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