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Showing 31213130 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article R15-40

…and prosecutors of the court, that of the court of appeal or the competent select committee, as the case may be. In urgent cases, the senior examining magistrate, acting on a proposal or with the asse…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3

In the case of mutual and cooperative networks, the European Central Bank may, on a proposal from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and after obtaining the opinion of the central bo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External fire protection

Article R2225-8

…e public external fire defence service according to the terms determined:- by a deliberation in the case where the same public person is responsible for the water network and is competent for this def…

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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.

Article D47-31

…ible on account of mental disorder handed down by the investigating chamber and the trial courts in cases where the provisions of Article 706-136. In this case, when informed of the lifting of an invo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-18

…piry date. It also ceases on the death or cessation of activity of the guaranteed person or, in the case of a legal entity, on the dissolution of that entity.Under no circumstances may the guarantee c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article R5211-6

…the application of these provisions: 1° The reference to the municipal council is replaced, as the case may be, by the reference to the community council or the council of the Lyon metropolis; 2° The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-35

…s may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law, excluding however codes annotated and commented on, article by article, by legal professio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-8

I. - In addition to the cases mentioned in article R. 5139-3-1, authorisation is also refused if the operation or operations envisaged in the application present or are likely to present a risk to pub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contraceptives other than medicines and condoms.

Article R5134-12

…itation to read carefully the instructions in the package leaflet or on the outer packaging, as the case may be.In the case of advertising on a radio medium, mention of the non-proprietary name provid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Discipline.

Article R6152-78

…a disciplinary penalty and who has not been excluded from the service may, after five years in the case of a warning or reprimand and ten years in the case of any other penalty, request the Director…

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