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Showing 681690 of 15668 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – Case C-439/09 – 13 Oct. 2011

French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R322-133

…inancial situation offers sufficient guarantees to enable it to meet its commitments. In the latter case, it may be authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to continue its o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-13

…who controls or is controlled by the debtor within the meaning of Article L. 233-16, except in the case of remuneration received in respect of an ad hoc mandate or a court-appointed mandate granted i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 bis

…me code or to a semi-public company and having benefited from an exemption provided for in articles 1384,1384 A, in IIa of Article 1385 or acquired before 1 January 1998 with a view to their rental wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-13

…ignated by the Articles of Association or, if they so authorise, by testamentary provisions. In the cases provided for in this article, the value of the corporate rights is determined on the day of de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-13

…f the persons undergoing the research.This location must be authorised for a specific period in the case of research mentioned in 1° of article L. 1121-1 carried out outside healthcare settings, as we…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-136

…inst the person, for a period that it shall determine and that may not exceed ten years in criminal cases and twenty years if the acts committed constitute a felony or misdemeanour punishable by ten y…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-138

…ty of the Ministry of Sports organised in the form of a continuous assessment of knowledge. In this case, the candidate must follow this or these training units within the establishment in which he/sh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R322-132

…ompany or fund subject to the provisions of this section and authorised for that purpose or, in the case of the reinsurance of a regional fund, with the central body defined in Article L. 322-27-1 a r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Nuclear medicine activities

Article R6123-136

…or in the first paragraph of this II, up to a limit set by order of the Minister for Health. In all cases, the acquisition of any additional equipment must result in the geographical site having at le…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Contributions of other players in the healthcare system to health support for the armed forces

Article R6147-139

…specialised equipment has been installed under the conditions provided for in I of article R. 6147-138, the conditions for its use. II.-The agreement provided for in I of article L. 6147-10 is sent b…

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