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Showing 38513860 of 8432 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – 13 Oct. 2011 – C-439/09

French Insurance CodeIn force
Book I: Contracts

Article L100-1

…o the freedom to provide services and the freedom of establishment, these words also refer to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book IV: Organisations and special insurance schemes

Article L400-1

…g the freedom to provide services and the freedom of establishment, these words also refer to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2428

…ted in metropolitan France, in the overseas departments or in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Pharmacists responsible for monitoring certain labile blood products in blood establishments

Article R1221-55

…in section E if they practise in an overseas department or in the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-31

The granting of exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.59722 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 9 December 2020, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1604

…d Maritime Fishing Code, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012.By way of derogation from II of the same Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L734-7

…22 of 23 March 2019 L. 163-4 and L. 163-4-1 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 163-4-2 Order no. 2011-267 of 14 March 2011 L. 163-5 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 163-6 law no. 2001-1062 of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Furnishings

Article 533

The word "movable", used alone in the provisions of the law or of man, without any other addition or designation, does not include cash, gems, active debts, books, medals, instruments of science, arts…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 783

…amily responsibilities are applicable only to French citizens and to persons originating from Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1331-16

…this section constitutes offences which are investigated and recorded in accordance with article L. 1312-1 and punished in accordance with article R. 1312-14. It may also, depending on the nature of t…

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