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Showing 60816090 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial training

Article D722-28

The initial training obligation provided for in Article L. 722-17 applies to elected commercial court judges who have never held office or who did not fulfil the said training obligation during their…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-6

…ators taking part in the same trial and the places where they conduct their work. The investigators may ask the sponsor for any additional document or test if they consider that the information provid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-2

…its name, the public guarantees for foreign trade provided for in Article L. 432-1.These guarantees may be granted:1° : a) For insurance against commercial, political, monetary and catastrophic risks,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 B

…vities and, in general, trading in securities and money, as these activities are defined by decree, may, where they are exempt from value added tax, be subject to this tax by option.The taxable person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-4

…payment of expenses and the handling of funds and movements of cash accounts.The Accounting Officer may be entrusted, at the request of the Chairman, with cost accounting.The Accounting Officer may ap…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the Government Commissioner

Article R112-30

Each year, the Government Commissioner is informed of the conditions under which the performance objectives and related monitoring indicators have been implemented for the year, as defined in the agre…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article R363-3

…of the Forestry Code are replaced respectively by those to articles L. 411-1 and R. * 412-14 of the Mayotte Forestry Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Relations between detainees and their defence counsel

Article R57-6-5

The procedures for issuing communication permits to lawyers and the rules applicable to relations between detainees and their defence counsel are determined by the provisions of articles R. 313-14, R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-18

One or more samples of the biological product used to carry out the medical biology analyses provided for in articles R. 1211-14 to R. 1211-16 are kept under conditions set by order of the Minister fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article R754-1

…312-1no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20 July 2020R. 312…

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