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Showing 89218930 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-4

…racting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC," are deleted; 4° In Article L. 2341-1, the references to articles 1741 to 1743…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-15

…shall be made in writing. However, except in the case of the persons referred to in Article L. 561-17, it may be collected verbally by the department referred to in Article L. 561-23, under condition…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-5

…icle 131-35 du code pénal.For the offence referred to in 2° of this article, the public prosecution may be extinguished, including in the event of a repeat offence, under the conditions set out in art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations of amending or supplementary registration.

Article R123-46

…3;3° The events and decisions referred to in articles L. 526-7, L. 526-8 (2°), L. 526-15 and L. 526-17 ;4° The appointment and cessation of functions of the person with the power to bind the registere…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial allocations paid by France Compétences

Article R6123-25

…etween 3% and 25% to the regional inter-professional joint commissions mentioned in article L. 6323-17-6 for the financing of professional transition projects;4° Between 0.5% and 6% to professional de…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…gnee of rights for the exploitation of the work abroad. III.-A.-The coefficients provided for in II may be increased in the following cases and according to the following procedures, subject to meetin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Approval of professional associations

Article A512-9

The file provided for in Article R. 513-24 includes: 1° Information relating to the representativeness requirement referred to in Article R. 513-22: a) The number of insurance brokers and agents who a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B quater

…ded investment company or units in a mutual fund, as well as from the dissolution of such entities, may be deferred under the conditions set out in II.II. - The benefit of deferred taxation is subject…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21

…ode pénal. When they establish an offence by means of a report, the deputy judicial police officers may take any observations from the offender.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-7

…tiel et de résolution and, where appropriate, at its request, insurance or reinsurance undertakings may apply other methods which ensure appropriate supervision at group level. Those methods shall be…

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