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Showing 28712880 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Health and safety coordination and coordinator.

Article L4532-7

…vil solidarity pact, cohabitee or his ascendants or descendants, coordination is ensured: 1° In the case of operations subject to planning permission, by the person responsible for project management…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-9

…ovisions of Article L. 6147-15:1° By decision of the General Meeting ;2° By operation of law in the cases provided for in the constituent agreement;3° By reasoned decision of the Director General of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Special rules

Article R217

…hip judge establishes this inadequacy by order; the costs are then advanced and recovered as in the case of legal costs. The same rules apply in the case of protection schemes for adults.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Tariff of charges

Article R210

…osts are: 1° That of publications or insertions of press releases, relating to decisions to dismiss cases, which are ordered by the examining magistrate or the investigating chamber pursuant to the ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-38

…eed by the contributor either to exercise his right of presentation in favour of the company in the cases referred to in 1° and 2° of article R. 743-37, or, in the case referred to in 3° of the same a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-41

…o challenge a member of the Committee must, on pain of inadmissibility, make the request: 1° In the case of the rapporteur, within fifteen clear days of notification of the decision appointing the rap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure

Article R2523-9

In the case of a dispute with a regional, departmental or local impact, when the parties have been unable to agree on the choice of a mediator within three days of the request being filed, or when the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R743-116

For the application of article R. 743-79, if the successors of members who die in the case provided for in Article R. 743-67, or the partners in the other cases of dissolution of the company with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-29-8

…thorisation. The updated application file is sent to the local investigating department and, in the case of an application for a building permit equivalent to a business authorisation, to the competen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article R762-9

…imits set out in article R. 762-5, commercial events held in the park are subject, depending on the case, to the declaration system provided for in articles R. 762-10 to R. 762-12, or to the applicati…

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