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Showing 54915500 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-75

…the Articles of Association. Their term of office is determined by the Articles of Association, but may not exceed six years. However, in the event of a merger or demerger, the appointment may be made…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D632-4

The agreements mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article L. 632-16 are published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-9

…a biomédecine.However, medical biology laboratories authorised in accordance with Article L. 2142-1 may store embryos proposed for research pursuant to 2° of II of Article L. 2141-4 without holding th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-9

In the performance of their duties, authorised agents may record infringements and breaches of Chapters I and III of Title I, and Chapters I, II, III, and IV of Title II of the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional equality between women and men and quality of life and working conditions

Article L2242-19

The negotiations provided for in article L. 2242-17 may also cover the prevention of the effects of exposure to the occupational risk factors provided for in article L. 4161-1. An agreement reached on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-28

The arrondissement may delegate under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2122-18 et l'article L. 2122-20.In the cases provided for in Article L. 2122-17, the borough mayo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-18

An intern who is obliged to cease his duties for health reasons may benefit, at the end of the leave mentioned in articles R. 6153-14 to R. 6153-17, from additional unpaid leave of a maximum duration…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-19

The Minister for Health shall issue a decree setting out the models for forms A, B and C.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11-1

…vided for in article L. 2142-1 to carry out a biological activity of medically assisted procreation may obtain the authorisation provided for in this article.Only gametes and germ tissue collected and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-20

I. - The person placed in quarantine or solitary confinement pursuant to II of article L. 3131-17, as well as the public prosecutor, may at any time apply to the liberty and custody judge for the rele…

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