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Showing 85218530 of 10740 articles for Art. CJEU – Granarolo – 14 July 2016 – C-196/15

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-101

For the application of article L. 4311-15, the lists of the profession are obtained from the information contained in the register mentioned in article D. 4113-118. The content of each list is limited…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-26

…du travail. It is accompanied by the summary of product characteristics referred to in Article R. 5141-15 as approved by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting nosocomial infections and collecting information about them

Article R6111-16

…e or cases of which he has been notified correspond to the reporting criteria defined in article R. 1413-79. When this case or these cases correspond to one of these criteria, this practitioner, when…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…al insurance companies or unions for supplementary professional retirement mentioned in article L. 214-1 of the Mutual Insurance Code; 2° sexies Institutions for supplementary professional retirement…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34

…Single Resolution Board where they fall within its competence pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014.IV-Credit institutions and investme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-2

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide to apply the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, in accordance…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 A

I. - For the purposes of calculating free transfer duties, in the event of a gift in full ownership of a craft business, a business, an agricultural business or the customer base of a sole proprietors…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AF

I.-Where an intermediary is subject to a reporting obligation similar to that provided for in Article 1649 AD in several European Union Member States, the cross-border scheme is declared exclusively t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes established and collected as direct taxes for the benefit of local authorities and various bodies

Article 1641

I. - A. - In return for the costs of tax relief and non-assessments that it assumes, the State collects 2% of the amount of the following taxes:a) Property tax on built-up properties;b) Property tax o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10: Tax evasion

Article 1740 B

I. - All of the facts established by a flagrante fiscale report, mentioned in I to I ter of Article L. 16-0 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, shall result in the application of a fine equal to €5,000.…

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