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Showing 47814790 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Referral to the European Public Prosecutor's Office

Article 696-112

…'s Office pursuant to Article 25(1) and Article 27(5) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017. The public prosecutor shall request the investigating judge initially…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-31

…with one or more companies falling within the scope of paragraph 1 of Article 2119 of Directive EU 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 14 June 2017 on certain aspects of compa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Economic interest groupings.

Article L253-1

…d for any person or entity to make an offer to the public, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, of the membership rights of an economic interest grouping or a European e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-4

…s L. 4441-5 to L. 4441-11 . Article L. 4124-5 is applicable in the version resulting from Order No. 2017-644 of 27 April 2017.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Alerts to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor and the exercise of his powers

Article D47-1-40

…purposes of recovering own resources, in accordance with Article 39 § 4 of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1039 of 12 October 2017.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to ski lifts.

Article R342-24

…72-4-5° of the town planning code is issued by a qualified body mentioned inarticle 4 of decree no. 2017-440 of 30 March 2017 on the safety of guided public transport, independent of the project owner…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-21

…of the same regulation. The rights of erasure, portability and opposition provided for in articles 17, 20 and 21 of the same regulation do not apply to this processing. The right to obtain communicat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-9

…tences service and the prison integration and probation service, the enforcement of sentences judge may, in particular with regard to the quantum of the sentence handed down, the nature of the offence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific procedures applicable to occupational health professionals, occupational health and prevention services and occupational health services in agriculture, providing enhanced individual monitoring of a worker exposed to ionising radiation

Article R4451-86

…competition, consumption, work and employment, after consulting the occupational health inspector, may decide to derogate from the provisions of articles D. 4622-25 to D. 4622-27 when this is justifi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Radiation .

Article R4722-20

…1333-29 of the Public Health Code and the agents referred to in article L. 1333-30 of the same code may ask the employer to carry out the measurements referred to in article R. 4451-15 or the checks o…

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