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Showing 37113720 of 8012 articles for Art. CJEU – Kontogeorgas – C-104/95 – 12 Dec. 1996

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 864

…compensation under the conditions provided for in Articles 706-3 (3° and last paragraph)(1) to 706-12, where their resources are below the ceiling for receiving partial legal aid, affected, where app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 900

…btain compensation under the conditions set out in Articles 706-3 (third and last paragraph) to 706-12, when his or her resources are below the ceiling for partial legal aid, affected where applicable…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Individual employers

Article D6331-67

…ns of this sub-section. II - The body mentioned in I has a management board made up of no more than 12 members representing employers and employees in equal numbers, appointed by the signatory organis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article R123-208-1

…the Commercial Code relating to self-employed doorstep sellers; II. - The provisions of article L. 123-29 do not apply to other professionals who carry out rounds of sales of their products or the pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R329-7

An organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 311-6, if it: 1° Proves, by any means, the professional qualifications of its managers and corporate officers by reaso…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 D

Municipalities that were not members of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax status on 1 January 2011 and that join a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and appointment

Article R1123-4

…hall include among its members a person qualified in data protection in accordance with Article L. 1123-7.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-261

…1° With regard to the legal entity: a) The information provided for in 1°, 4° and 5° of article R. 123-252 and 2° of article R. 123-253; b) The legal form of the legal entity. b) The legal form of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Cash vouchers.

Article D223-1

The certificate of entry in the register issued to the owner of a till voucher includes the following information:1° Information relating to the issuer of the cash voucher:a) Identity or company name…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D4162-3

The company or group agreement referred to in Article L. 4162-1 or, failing that, the action plan referred to in Article L. 4162-2, or the extended branch agreement referred to in II of Article L. 416…

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