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Showing 671680 of 15668 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – Case C-439/09 – 13 Oct. 2011

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-13

…person is hospitalised and cannot be moved due to his state of health, the adversarial hearing, in cases where such a hearing must take place, shall be held at the place where he is hospitalised, to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-13

…ses, no later than the day before the ballot, the status of elector in one of the colleges. In such cases, the Minister shall, no later than the day before the ballot, either on his own initiative or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 H

…II. IV.-When the conditions required to benefit from one of the exemptions provided for in articles 1383 A, 1383 C ter, 1383 D, 1383 F, 1383 H, 1383 İ, 1383 J or 1388 quinquies and that provided for i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 I

…II. IV.-When the conditions required to benefit from one of the exemptions provided for in articles 1383 A, 1383 C ter, 1383 D, 1383 F, 1383 H, 1383 İ, 1383 J or 1388 quinquies and that provided for i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 E

…gned by the lessee.2. The exemption does not apply to undeveloped properties exempted under Article 1394 B.3. Where the taxpayer qualifies for both one of the exemptions mentioned in 1° and 1° bis of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Recognition of the professional qualifications of nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R2223-136

…responsible for health. The Prefect, after obtaining the opinion of the Minister for Health in the case of thanatopractor positions, may extend the training course once only, for an equivalent maximu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Framework contract for payment services

Article L314-13

…r before the proposed date of entry into force of the amendment that he does not accept it; in this case, the payment service provider shall also specify that, if the customer refuses the proposed ame…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-13

…with assistance to the person, provided that the person concerned expressly consents in the latter case, in order to obtain the additional information necessary for his selection. During this intervi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-13

…peal, which rules in a reasoned judgment after an adversarial debate during which the prosecution's case and the sentenced person's lawyer's observations are heard. The sentenced person is not heard b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-13

…ion.This publication is carried out by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. In the case of the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-2, it shall specify whether the undertaking i…

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