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Showing 28312840 of 18819 articles for Art. CJEU – Coty – C-230/16 – 6 Dec. 2017

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5842-6

…and c, Article R. 5211-20, Articles R. 5211-22 to R. 5211-33, Article R. 5211-35, Article R. 5211-36, with the exception of its second paragraph and articles R. 5211-37 to R. 5211-40 shall apply in F…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

…Holders of the third year certificate (P2 b), provided for in article 1 of the decree of 30 April 1968, are exempt from the tests for the common part of the examination for the first level State Certi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties for intermediaries

Article L354-6

…d column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 342-1 to L. 342-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance for research sponsors

Article R1121-6

…ed to in article R. 1121-4 may not provide cover for less than : 1° 1,000,000 euros per victim ; 2° 6,000,000 euros per research protocol; 3° 10,000,000 euros for all claims made during one insurance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-60

Where an application for disqualification submitted pursuant toArticle L. 823-6 of the Commercial Code concerns an auditor of a person subject to the supervision of the AMF to which the provisions of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-6

…ion without complying with the health safety rules required under the provisions of article L. 1211-6 of the Public Health Code is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros. "

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Training

Article R4425-6

…oring, transporting and disposing of waste; 5° Measures to be taken to prevent or remedy incidents; 6° Procedure to be followed in the event of an accident.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-6

A joint order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister responsible for Customs sets the list of agents who, due to their responsibilities and skills, are exempt from the techn…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-68-1

…the Monetary and Financial Code; e) The sociétés de libre partenariat mentioned in article L. 214-162-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code ; f) The establishment mentioned in article L. 518-2 of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R661-6

An appeal against judgments rendered pursuant to articles L. 661-1, L. 661-6 , Chapters I and III of Title V, Section II of Chapter II and Chapter IV of Title IX of Book VI of the Legislative Part of…

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