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Showing 41714180 of 9794 articles for Art. CJEU – C-64/21 – 13 Oct. 2022

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-58

Establishments, services, organisations or practitioners designated to carry out antiamaril vaccination must inform the Director General of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

…ess request of the issuing company or its authorised representative, the information given in items 13 and 14 of C of the same table; > 4° Where applicable, at the express request of the issuing compa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-54

…r, for quarterly financial years ending between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2017 ;b) No later than 13 weeks after the end of the quarter, for quarterly financial years ending between 2 January 2017 a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-7

…daptations provided for in II to XVIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2123-1La loi n° 2022-217 du 21 février 2022 relative à la différenciation, la décentralisation, la déconcentration e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-37

…craftsmen, shopkeepers and the liberal professions;12° One representative of farmers' trade unions;13° A representative of associations working to combat insecurity;14° One representative of the Cais…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article L2573-18

…e words: "500 euros" are replaced by the words: "60,000 CFP francs"; 2° The words: "Article L. 3332-13 of the Public Health Code" are replaced by the words: "the regulations applicable locally".IV. -…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Investigations

Article D15-5-3

The summary record of police custody provided for in Article 64 shall mention the information given and requests made pursuant to Articles 63-2 to 63-3-1 and the action taken on them, without it being…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various partnerships formed for the joint practice of the profession

Article R814-78

The Government Commissioner to the National Commission may request from the statutory auditor mentioned in Article R. 814-29 a special report on the financial terms of the transfer of shares or equity…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5134-66

When, in application of the fifth paragraph of article L. 5134-19-4, the département increases the rates of reimbursement mentioned in article R. 5134-65, the cost of this increase is borne by the dép…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-39

…aph 4 of Article 25 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, as amended, on the placing on the market and use of feed, and the annexes thereto.

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