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Showing 92219230 of 10740 articles for Art. CJEU – Granarolo – 14 July 2016 – C-196/15

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17

…e, with the exception of the cases provided for in point 2 of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

…al aid for the seizure procedure, if he or she meets the means test set out in law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991relating to legal aid and decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 implementing this law.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-4

…rds: "or the objectives of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contrac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-11

…e Convention on the Statute of the International Criminal Court, opened for signature in Rome on 18 July 1998, any person suspected of having committed abroad one of the following offences may be pros…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Fédération nationale des caisses d'épargne et de prévoyance

Article L512-99

…caisses d'épargne et de prévoyance is constituted in accordance with the provisions of the law of 1 July 1901 relating to the contract of association. It brings together all the caisses d'épargne et d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section X: Special provisions applicable to mining-related property damage

Article R421-75

…75-2 of the Mining Code, validly inserted in a real estate transfer contract concluded prior to 17 July 1994 with a local authority, a public establishment under its authority or a non-professional i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Infrastructure management

Article L4424-22

By way of derogation from article 9 of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la répartition de compétences entre les communes, les départements, les…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-1

…L. 5124-8, of articles L. 5124-8-1 to L. 5124-8-4, of II of article L. 5126-7, of II of article L. 5141-10, of the last paragraph of article L. 5141-13-1, of the fourth paragraph of article L. 5143-2,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-7

…e statutory auditors involved in the legal task of certifying the accounts mentioned in article L. 6145-16 may contribute to data processing, are set by decree.When practitioners on the staff of publi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L947-5

…y 1985 relating to the judicial reorganisation and liquidation of companies or Law no. 67-563 of 13 July 1967 on judicial settlement, the liquidation of assets, personal bankruptcy and bankruptcies or…

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