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Showing 75317540 of 10740 articles for Art. CJEU – Granarolo – 14 July 2016 – C-196/15

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L814-16

…ears to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations that the separate account referred to in Article L. 814-15 has not been the subject of any transaction, other than the recording of interest and the debi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application of plant variety certificates, duration and scope of the breeder's right

Article R623-58

Any person who, on the occasion of any acts of transfer, concession or marketing of a variety benefiting from a plant variety certificate, wishes to make use of the option offered to him by Article L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-49

When the penal composition has been validated or, in the case provided for by article R. 15-33-40-1, where the proposed measures have been accepted, the public prosecutor may appoint a delegate or med…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Performance of obligations under the agreement

Article R15-33-60-6

Where the agreement provides for the payment of a public interest fine, payment shall be made to an accounting officer of the Directorate-General of Public Finance.The accounting officer of the Direct…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article D532-22

…mplementing regulation of the European Commission adopted pursuant to Article 35(12) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014. It shall inform the Autorité…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Transfers

Article D3335-2

When the transfer is made to a plan from which the employee benefits within the new company employing him/her, the employee specifies in his/her request the allocation of his/her savings within the pl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-6-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 743-6)

Article Annexe 7-6-1

…es dépôts et consignations in favour of the Registrar pursuant to the provisions of Articles L. 743-14 and R. 743-178 et seq. of the Commercial Code. Each account is intended to record sums held by th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIX: Social contribution on corporation tax

Article 235 ter ZC

…ital companies, venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it read prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amen…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-37

For the application of the provisions of articles L. 131-16 and L. 131-16-1, the delegating federations may implement automated processing of personal data relating to the participants in these compet…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-8

…Articles L. 1000-2, L. 1111-1, L. 1211-4, L. 1211-5, L. 1221-4, L. 1221-9, L. 1311-3, L. 1311-4, L. 1431-2, L. 1521-1 and L. 1611-1.

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