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Showing 45314540 of 10740 articles for Art. CJEU – Granarolo – 14 July 2016 – C-196/15

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: REFUSAL AND WITHDRAWAL OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R432-9

…issue or renew a residence permit, refers the matter to the Commission mentioned in article L. 432-14 for an opinion, he will make available to the foreign national, as soon as the matter is referred…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-2

…ation from the first paragraph, the prescription for one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14°, 15° and 18° of Article L. 5121-1, and in a and d of 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-4

…ber State of the European Union, the prescription of one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14° and 15° of Article L. 5121-1, in Article L. 5121-3, and points a and d of paragraph 1 of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-72

The Articles of Association comply with the requirements of articles 8, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966. They also state: 1° The surname, first names and domicile of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-30

…r, failing this, for establishments dependent on companies or organisations mentioned in 4° to 12°, 14° and 15° of article R. 5124-2, by a pharmacist who has applied for registration on the roll of on…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R151-7

…the department reporting to the State and territorially competent in customs matters; 5° Article R. 141-1 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 141-1.-The list of translator-interpreters provided for in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

…cable 1 1 1 2 2 3 3,5 3 3 4 4 3 5 5 3 6 6 3 7 7 3 8 8 3 8 9 3 9 10 3 10 11 3 10,5 12 3 11 13 3 11,5 14 3 12 15 3 13 16 3 13,5 17 3 14 18 3 14,5 19 3 15 20 3 15,5 21 3 16 22 3 16,5 23 3 17 24 3 17,5 25…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant varieties

Article R623-59

I.-Species, other than those listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights, for which farmers have the right, pursuant to Article L. 623-24-1, to use o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-64

…mance centres, carrying out tasks that fall within the remit of the State, pursuant to articles L. 114-2 and L. 114-4, are subject to the joint consultative commissions created under the conditions se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-1

…1110-12 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter.Article L. 1…

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