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Showing 32113220 of 8012 articles for Art. CJEU – Kontogeorgas – C-104/95 – 12 Dec. 1996

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28-1

The rules set out in articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in II of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of II of artic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article R111-4-5

I.-For the application of Article L. 111-4-1, the following sports and leisure articles are subject to the provisions of this article: 1° Bicycles, as defined in Article 1 of Decree no. 2016-364 of 29…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Medicinal products for which prescription is reserved for certain specialist doctors.

Article R5121-92

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 Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-16

…e payment deadlines provided for in I of Article L. 441-10, II of Article L. 441-11, Article L. 441-12 and Article L. 441-13;b) Not indicating, in the terms of payment set out in I of Article L. 441-1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1825 A

…234-1 and L. 234-8 of the Highway Code ;d. Either been convicted under articles 222-8, 222-10, 222-12, 222-13, 222-14, 227-15 or 227-16 of the Penal Code or a measure withdrawing parental authority p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-130

…The qualified person shall send the application for authorisation provided for in Article L. 5141-12 to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'env…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-37

…representative of the trade unions representing craftsmen, shopkeepers and the liberal professions;12° One representative of farmers' trade unions;13° A representative of associations working to comb…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1115

…ansfers of rights or property into a trust estate and outright contributions made as from 1 January 1996 are not considered as sales.For resales consisting of sales by lots triggering the right of pre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article A123-80-4

…ion of activity, any amending declaration relating to the information in 1°, 3° or 4° of article A. 123-80-3 will result in the issue of a new card, after the card that has become obsolete has been re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tobacco control

Article R3822-2

…f the European Union" are replaced by the words: "of the local authority"; 2° In 4° of Article R. 3512-2, the words: "as defined by Decree No. 96-1136 of 18 December 1996 laying down the safety requir…

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