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Showing 47914800 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-54

The added value conferred on the business by the conversion provided for in article L. 145-48, where the building in which the business is run is to be demolished or restored, or where the business is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-49

Decisions taken pursuant to the second paragraph of article 713-47 or article 713-48 enforcing all or part of the imprisonment are enforceable by provision. When the convicted person appeals against t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specialised credit institutions

Article R775-3

…he same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 513-1-An° 2022-766 of 2 May 2022R. 513-1n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-2no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 513-4 to R. 513…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles of organisation and operation of the body reception facility

Article R1261-12

…ed establishment, and of its staff, in the implementation of training projects or research projects may only concern a highly technical medical training activity in surgical matters or involving the u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-22

…e right to limit processing, provided for in Articles 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679 may be exercised with the public interest group mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 5132-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R446-3

…ropean Blue Card talent passport and the mobility programme talent-researcher passport are deleted; 17° In article R. 421-26, the reference to the passport talent-researcher-mobility programme is dele…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General justification for categories of medical procedures using ionising radiation

Article R1333-49

At the end of the transitional period mentioned in Article R. 1333-48, the information collected and the results of its analysis are taken into account to update the guide provided for in Article R. 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-69

Even outside the case provided for by articles 712-16-1 and 712-16-2 and D. 49-68, the victim may be notified by the sentence enforcement judge of any decision providing for his or her compensation in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L754-15

…f the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, with the exception of 2° thereof…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Services relating to registers

Article A743-10

…ansfer, and entries in the register, as provided for in Articles L. 526-16 and II of Article L. 526-17 of this code 35.67 € 66 Filing of documents certifying completion of the formalities referred to…

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