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Showing 971980 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Review procedure

Article R1124-16

…edures defined in the first paragraph of II of Article R. 1123-20-1. The request for re-examination may not be assigned to the committee that issued the first unfavourable opinion. The committee asses…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article L4163-16

…722-20 and L. 722-24 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the agricultural social security funds may carry out or have carried out, on the basis of documents and on site, checks on the effectivenes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use of funds by skills operators to pay for work-linked training, personal training accounts and skills development for companies with fewer than fifty employees

Article L6332-17

Under the financial section mentioned in 2° of Article L. 6332-3 relating to actions contributing to the development of skills for the benefit of companies with fewer than fifty employees: 1° The cost…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AC

…automatic exchange of information relating to financial accounts for tax purposes. This information may in particular concern any income from movable capital as well as account balances and the surren…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-16

…1° Where the information in the official report does not comply with the provisions of articles 495-17 to 495-24-1 or with the provisions of this section, terminate the fixed fine procedure and send t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-17

…under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in Article L. 641-1. II. - This secrecy may not be invoked against1° To the judicial authority acting in the context of either compulsory li…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article L624-16

…transferred to a trust of which the debtor retains the use or enjoyment in his capacity as settlor may be claimed, provided that they are in kind. Goods sold with a retention of title clause may also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-17

I.-Before any tobacco product is placed on the market, tobacco product manufacturers and importers must send a list of all the ingredients used in the manufacture of tobacco products and their emissio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-16

Under the conditions laid down in article 17-1 of the law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming, decisions to authorise the agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 of the prese…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R6123-16

…ed to operating expenses ; b) A sub-section dedicated to investment expenditure; France Compétences may create any other section on behalf of third parties.

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