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Showing 96819690 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-1

…rities, their groupings and their public establishments.The territorial conference on public action may debate and issue opinions on all matters relating to the exercise of competences and the conduct…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-5 art R131-1 et R131-11

…development of one or more of these;1.2.3. The conditions under which membership of the federation may be refused and the conditions under which it is lost.1.3. National, regional or departmental bod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article D1524-7

…for preventing and detecting breaches of probity implemented by the company as part of the article 17 of Act no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the mod…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…ntrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall take the necessary precautionary measures. To this end, it may: 1° Place the person under special supervision ; 2° Instruct one or more of its staff to carry o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendix

Article Annexe

…ervices provided. L. 6313-1-1° L. 6313-1-2° L. 6313-1-3° L. 6313-1-4° Assessment indicators x x x x 17) The service provider provides or ensures the provision of appropriate human and technical resour…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3

…the Monetary and Financial Code; d) The mixed financial holding companies referred to inArticle L. 517-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 13° "Outsourcing" means an agreement, in whatever form, bet…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 291

I. - 1. Imports of goods are subject to value added tax.2. The following are considered to be imports of goods:a. the entry into France of goods originating in or coming from a State or territory not…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article A512-8

I.-In application of II of article R. 512-13-1, the skills required to carry out the duties mentioned in II of article L. 511-2, as well as the corresponding training or continuing professional develo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Therapeutic use protocol and data collection

Article R5121-70

…relating to pharmacovigilance and the procedures for implementing these pursuant to article R. 5121-172; 5° The procedures for informing the patient, their legal representative or the trusted support…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…a tobacco product on the market without having submitted the declaration defined in Article L. 3512-17 ; 2° Failure by a tobacco product manufacturer or importer to submit a market survey in breach of…

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