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Showing 47814790 of 10142 articles for Art. CJEU – Ingmar – 9 Nov. 2000 – C-381/98

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-5

…nd their trailers covered by the provisions transposing Council Directive 70/156/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor veh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-8

…intended animals; i) The status of the active principle(s) with regard to Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-11

…ed : 1° By the State, for the activities mentioned in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 5°, and 6° of article L. 5151-9, as well as for the activity mentioned in 3° of the same article L. 5151-9, with the exception of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions common to Titles I to IIIa

Article 1647 D

…100,000 Between 237 and 2,374 More than 100,000 and less than or equal to 250,000 Between 237 and 3,957 More than 250,000 and less than or equal to 500,000 Between 237 and 5,652 More than 500,000 Betw…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Interest for late payment

Article 440 bis

…per month.Interest for late payment is not due when the increases provided for in 1 of article 224, 9 of article 266 quinquies C and 3 of article 284 quater apply.II.In the event that the taxpayer vol…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Choice of award criteria

Article R2152-7

…cording to an overall approach which may be based on the life cycle cost defined in article R. 2152-9; 2° Or on the basis of a number of non-discriminatory criteria linked to the subject of the contra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4363-2

…addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the Criminal Code, the penalties set out in 2° to 9° of article 131-39 of the same code.The ban referred to in 2° of article 131-39 of the same code a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-50

…de and are paid to France Compétences, up to the ceiling provided for inArticle 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012 in the case of the contribution provided for in 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prescription of physical activity

Article D1172-1-1

…apées (Commission for the Rights and Independence of Disabled People) referred to in article L. 146-9 of the same code; d) The person is the holder of the "mobilité inclusion" card referred to in arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R752-4

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 312-9 and R. 312-10no. 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-11No. 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-12n° 202…

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