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Showing 38713880 of 8432 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – 13 Oct. 2011 – C-439/09

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1-1

I. - If the payer's payment service provider is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or Saint-Barthélemy and the payee's payment service provider is located outside France, regardless of the currency u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant

Article R2334-9-3

…d in 2° of II of Article L. 2334-23-1 is distributed between New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Wallis-et-Futuna in proportion to the respective population of all their comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation and performance of the employment contract.

Article L1531-3

…Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon who have been treated in New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna or th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation and performance of the employment contract.

Article L1531-1

…Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and carrying out their activity in Wallis and Futuna is governed by the legal or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 300 ter

…collectivities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. The matchmaking services referred to in Article 300a of this Code are deemed to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Voluntary termination of pregnancy by medication.

Article R2112-14

…tion centre, a health centre or a practitioner. For the application of the first paragraph in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the words: "President of the General Council"…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 217 duodecies

Profits invested in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories may, unde…

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

Article 1600

…D. The benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

…cupational Health Safety, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012, on each: 1° Application for marketing authorisati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions relating to oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-91

The conditions for diving with oxygen and mixtures other than air are set out in annexes III-17 a, III-17 b, III-17 c, III-18 a, III-18 b and III-18 c.

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