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Showing 46314640 of 10740 articles for Art. CJEU – Granarolo – 14 July 2016 – C-196/15

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-2

…plicable in the territory of Wallis and Futuna in the wording resulting from Law No. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system.Article L. 5125-15 is appl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331

Other than those provided for by special laws, privileged claims on the generality of movables are: 1° Legal costs, on condition that they have benefited the creditor against whom the lien is asserted…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products reserved for hospital use

Article R5121-83

…laid down in Book I of Part IV of this Code, as well as in I of Article 60 of Law no. 99-641 of 27 July 1999 creating universal health cover, and practising in a public or private health establishmen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Enforcement of the judgment and compensation for damages

Article 849-18

…judgment rendered on the basis of Article 71 or Article 73 of the aforementioned Law of 18 November 2016.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-16

I.-The Prefect of the département, in the light of the reports made pursuant to article R. 412-14-1 or the report referred to in article R. 412-15, may issue injunctions. If the injunctions, addressed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking service providers

Article R774-1

…d column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 511-1no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 511-2No. 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 511-2-1-1 with the exception of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R773-1

…d column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 511-1no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 511-2No. 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 511-2-1-1 with the exception of a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1639 A

…s setting the rate of development tax in accordance with article 1635 quater L are taken before 1st July in order to be applicable from the following year. They are notified to the tax authorities wit…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-18

Validation of federal performance projects is subject to the presentation, by the relevant delegating federation, of an application setting out the two programmes mentioned in 3° of article L. 131-15:…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-72

On the site of the underwater activity, diving is under the responsibility of a divemaster present at the place where the divers are launched or immersed. He or she is technically responsible for the…

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