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Showing 61116120 of 8432 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – 13 Oct. 2011 – C-439/09

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal voting.

Article R723-12

…containing the electoral envelopes to the chairman of the committee provided for in article L. 723-13 before the start of counting operations. Between the first and second rounds of voting, the prefe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-209

…ich are not subject to substantial manipulation within the meaning of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…ncome), during the year of allocation, pursuant to article 59 of the finance law for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003) and the article 51 of finance law no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 for 20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

1. Income from transferable capital falling within the provisions of articles 118,119,238 septies B and 1678 bis give rise to the application of a withholding tax, the rate of which is set by 1 of Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R532-24

…t services in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009, must first notify the AMF of its plans.The notification of freedom of establishment pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-14

…e previous year, on the one hand, to the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 323-13 and, on the other hand, to the members of the supervisory body, as well as any other benefits gra…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article R232-10

…ncy on behalf of third parties; 12° The general conditions of employment and recruitment of agents; 13° Terms and conditions of remuneration for testers called upon by the Agency to carry out tests; 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Parole application procedure

Article D527-1

…nt or criminal detention equal to or exceeding ten years for an offence mentioned in Article 706-53-13. For the purposes of carrying out this assessment, the sentence enforcement court shall order the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles and terms of pawnbroking.

Article D514-8-1

…eposit of the pledged item in accordance with article D. 514-10 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 13° The terms and conditions for compensating the borrower in the event that the lender loses all or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Homeopathic medicinal products

Article R5121-106

…registration of a medicinal product or a series of medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5121-13 is sent to the Agency. It includes the following information and documents 1° The name and addres…

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