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Showing 92419250 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

Article R421-18

…month, or partial permanent incapacity of at least 10%. However, the persons named in this article may invoke the guarantee of the fund when the accident has been caused by another land motor vehicle…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5-2

…t and assessing the risks of material misstatement, and throughout the audit, the statutory auditor may identify internal control weaknesses. These weaknesses are weaknesses in internal control relate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-57

…for in the last paragraph of Article L. 6113-12. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may order the institution to pay a penalty to the fund referred to in Articles L. 174-2 and L. 174-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-2

…on pain of nullity: 1° The purpose of the contract, its duration and the conditions under which it may possibly be extended or renewed; 2° The conditions of repurchase, termination or forfeiture by t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R326-1

A collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 134-3, if it:1° Demonstrates, through the composition of its deliberative and management bodies,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-20

…re feasible. For contiguous bathing waters subject to common sources of pollution, a common profile may be drawn up by the person or persons responsible for the bathing waters.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Permanent representative

Article D561-3-1

…natural person. II - The Secretary General of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require a person referred to in 1c of Article L. 561-2 to appoint the permanent representative r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Compulsory declaration of vaccinations.

Article R3111-8

…ued stay in the group home is subject to the completion of the vaccinations that are missing, which may be carried out within three months of the provisional admission in accordance with the schedule…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award conditions relating to the employee

Article R5123-29

…aning of c) of article 70-3 of the decree of 29 December 1945 as amended by decree no. 76-404 of 10 May 1976 or work in successive shifts, or have habitually worked two hundred nights or more per year…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-25

…l issues an opinion, with the exception of the members mentioned in 4° and 5° of this article. They may, where appropriate, be heard to enlighten the discussions.For the application of this article, t…

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