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Showing 31713180 of 8012 articles for Art. CJEU – Kontogeorgas – C-104/95 – 12 Dec. 1996

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-4

…esentative; c) Two or three other State employees carrying out the duties defined in article L. 131-12, including at least one sports technical advisor assigned to the rectorate of the academic region…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Provisional profit and loss account for training schools and institutes.

Article R6145-56

…ovisional profit and loss account for the schools and institutes mentioned in 3° of article R. 6145-12 shows the operating costs and income attributable to the activity of these schools and institutes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article R4421-2

Articles R. 4127-1 to R. 4127-21, R. 4127-23 to R. 4127-84 and R. 4127-95 to R. 4127-112 are applicable to the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I ter: Approved management centres, management and accounting associations, approved associations of the liberal professions and approved joint management bodies

Article 1649 quater K ter

The management centres mentioned in article 1649 quater C and the approved associations mentioned in article 1649 quater F may have as members all the taxpayers mentioned in the same articles, subject…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-1-1

…engthening the book economy and reinforcing fairness and confidence between its players;Articles L. 122-5, L. 122-5-3, L. 122-5-4, L. 122-5-5, L. 122-6-1, L. 134-3, L. 134-4, L. 134-5, L. 134-6, L. 13…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hospital prescription medicines

Article R5121-86

The marketing authorisation, the early access authorisation under 1° of II of article L. 5121-12 or the compassionate access authorisation under II of article L. 5121-12-1 or the compassionate prescri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Medicinal products initially prescribed in hospitals

Article R5121-89

The marketing authorisation, the early access authorisation under 1° of II of article L. 5121-12 or the compassionate access authorisation under II of article L. 5121-12-1 or the compassionate prescri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Procedures and penalties

Article R335-11

The Minister responsible for customs issues decisions falling under Articles 9, 12 and 16 of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2671-4

…cond paragraph of article R. 2332-9 is deleted;6° In article R. 2343-3, references to articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-11 of the Labour Code are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions ha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-22

…in respect of offences punishable by the articles 224-1 A to 224-1 C, 225-4-1 à 225-4-9,225-5 à 225-12-2,225-14-1 and 225-14-2 of the Criminal Code, where the public prosecution has been initiated by…

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