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Showing 46114620 of 8012 articles for Art. CJEU – Kontogeorgas – C-104/95 – 12 Dec. 1996

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: The business.

Article R141-1

…cation in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales provided for in Article L. 141-12 contains the information mentioned in Article R. 123-211. The publication in a medium authorised…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article D775-39

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 561-4-12022-110 of 1 February 2022D. 561-10-1No. 2018-284 of 18 April 2018D. 561-10-2no. 2020-1774 of 21 D…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-18

…m pharmacist in charge of the companies or organisations mentioned in 4°, 5°, 6°, 7°, 8°, 10°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 14° and 15° of article R. 5124-2 provide proof of at least six months' practical experienc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L784-13

…he same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 631-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 631-2 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 631-2-1, with the exception of its twentie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L783-13

…he same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 631-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 631-2 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 631-2-1, with the exception of its twentie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of those involved in materials vigilance.

Article R5212-22

…santé: a) Any report of an incident or risk of incident made to them in application of Article R. 5212-14; b) On a quarterly basis, any report of an incident or malfunction made to them in application…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-2

1. Amounts paid into the equity savings plan for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies are used for one or more of the following purposes:a) Shares, excluding those…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approvals

Article D4622-49-1

I.-For inter-company occupational health and prevention services, the national specifications for approval include the following criteria: 1° With regard to the governance and management of occupation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-13

The provisions of articles L. 144-11 and L. 144-12 do not apply to leasing transactions relating to goodwill or craft businesses mentioned in 3° of l'article 1er de la loi n° 66-455 du 2 juillet 1966…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-8

When an athlete sanctioned in application of articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12 requests the return, renewal or issue of a sports licence, the competent federation shall make this return, renewal…

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