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Showing 43214330 of 10740 articles for Art. CJEU – Granarolo – 14 July 2016 – C-196/15

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R354-1

…the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR WORDING R. 341-1 to R. 341-19 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R286

…ith locally applicable regulations". For the application of articles R. 53-8-7, R. 53-8-13, R. 53-8-14 and R. 53-8-15, references to the Code de l'action sociale et des familles are replaced by refere…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 6: Border checks and presentation of identity documents

Article 67

…r the conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title II and Chapter II of Title III of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L773-7

…column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-104 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-105Order 2016-827 of 23 June 2016

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-7

…column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-104 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-105Order 2016-827 of 23 June 2016

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy.

Article R961-1

I.-The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article D2564-13

The order awarding the grant mentions: a) The designation and characteristics of the operation, the nature and the estimated amount excluding taxes of the subsidisable expenditure; b) The estimated ti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-17

…ative authority and any association mentioned in articles 48-1, 48-4, 48-5 or 48-6 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press, and which has been registered for at least three years at the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9-3

…e Society, the Autorité des marchés financiers is competent to oppose, in accordance with paragraph 14 of Article 7 and Article 21 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-6

…nt Code are deleted; 2° In Article L. 621-5-3, in i) of 4° of II, the references to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 are not applicable.

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