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Showing 42014210 of 10142 articles for Art. CJEU – Ingmar – 9 Nov. 2000 – C-381/98

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article D752-21

…g from the decreeD. 330-4 with the exception of the last sentence of c) of its I and D. 330-5No. 2019-944 of 9 September 2019

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article D754-19

…lting from the decreeD. 330-4 with the exception of the last sentence of c) of I and D. 330-5No. 2019-944 of 9 September 2019

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Chairman

Article L3122-3

…sions declared not in conformity with the Constitution by decision of the Constitutional Council n° 2000-426 DC of 30 March 2000.] Any president of a departmental council who holds a position that pla…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Economic and social measures

Article R4253-4

…l structures of representative trade union organisations, pursuant to Article 10 of amended Law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4021-6

…nal Union of Health Insurance Funds, in the form of a public interest grouping governed by Articles 98 to 117 of Law No. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of the law.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-3-3

Article L. 441-9 is amended as follows:1° In the second paragraph, the words "within the meaning of 3 of I of l'article 289 du code général des impôts," are deleted;2° In the fourth paragraph , the wo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-21

…register of section C or section E in the case of establishments referred to in 4°, 5°, 6°, 7°, 8°, 9°, 10° and 13° of article R. 5142-1. 5142-1 and on the register of section C or section E in the ca…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-10

The minimum amount of participation in the technical and financial profits of undertakings carrying out the operations referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and of supplementary professional retiremen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2313-1-1

…account and exceeding the threshold provided for in the third paragraph of Article 10 of the loi n° 2000-321 du 12 avril 2000.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article L4313-3

…s account and exceeding the threshold provided for in the fourth paragraph of article 10 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000.

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