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Showing 16911700 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-17-1

…2 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986. This letter shall include the information provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-33

…referred to in the same article.Notwithstanding Articles 42 et seq. of Act 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, when the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Skills consolidation and adaptation courses

Article R6152-905

…e networking of health establishments mentioned in article 2 of the aforementioned law of 9 January 1986 and the cooperation actions mentioned in article L. 6134-1. An agreement concluded to this end…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-29

For the application of the provisions of 1° of Article R. 5121-28, the Director General of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé may exempt the applicant for a marketing aut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-51

…heir own request or automatically.Secondment on request may only take place in one of the following cases:1° Secondment to a State administration, a State public establishment or a public company;2° S…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1411 bis

…2 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986, is calculated pro rata to the length of time the premises were used to accommodate employees a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Social protection

Article L2123-29

…of their elected representatives resulting from the application of articles L. 2123-27 and L. 2123-28 are calculated on the amount of compensation actually received by the latter pursuant to the prov…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Annual consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2312-32

…eet, together with the opinion of the social and economic committee provided for in Article L. 2312-28, is sent to shareholders or made available to them under the same conditions as the documents pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-14

…articles L. 2123-18, L. 2123-25-1 to L. 2123-27, the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2123-28 and article L. 2123-29 apply to members of the deliberative bodies of the public establishments f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article R2331-2

…port dues are determined by Decree no. 68-803 of 10 September 1968 implementing Law no. 67-1175 of 28 December 1967 reforming the system of port and navigation dues.

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