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Showing 48214830 of 10740 articles for Art. CJEU – Granarolo – 14 July 2016 – C-196/15

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-19

The audited accounts referred to in article L. 5217-10-15 are audited by a statutory auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts, and by the chairman of the body concerned f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-79

Staff representation on the Agency and Working Conditions Committee is as follows: 1° For the representatives appointed by the first college: a) Up to 15 employees: one member and one alternate; b) Fr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Special provisions for works of art

Article L1616-1

…amount of the investment to the insertion of works of art in all buildings that were subject, on 23 July 1983, the date of publication of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and composition of the national order and the national council.

Article L4231-8

…atment of candidates and transparency of procedures defined in Article 1 of Order No 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 on public contracts.The national councils of the orders may set up among themselves a cent…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D3381-2

…ss otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Book IIn Title ID. 3114-3Title IIID. 3133-2Resulting from decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019D. 3133-27Book IITitle IID.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L121-1

Sports associations are formed in accordance with the provisions of the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or, when their registered office is in the departments of Bas-Rhin,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Complementary local currency certificates

Article L311-5

…currency securities may be issued and managed by one of the persons mentioned in Article 1 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy whose sole corporate purpose is this.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-21

…ts may be set up within the institution under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019, as amended, relating to the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-3-1

…brought pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-19

…r may set up revenue and imprest accounts under the conditions set out in Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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