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Showing 38313840 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article D612-54

The AMF may take into account information about the proposed statutory auditor or, as the case may be, the natural person proposed to perform the assignment, which is sent to it by one of the authorit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation

Article R2524-9

…ey are appointed in the same way as the Government Commissioners. They have an advisory vote in the cases they are asked to report on.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conseil départemental de l'environnement et des risques sanitaires et technologiques.

Article R1416-3

…aying down a specific procedure, when the Board is called upon to issue an opinion on an individual case, it shall invite the person concerned to make his observations and shall hear him if he so requ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Exemptions from the administrative authority

Article R4216-32

…Employment may waive part of the application of the provisions of this chapter, particularly in the case of the redevelopment of existing premises or buildings, on the basis of a proposal for compensa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Start-up and shut-down controls

Article R4324-10

…t be located outside danger zones, except where this is impossible or necessary, for example in the case of an emergency stop device or an adjustment or training console. They must be located in such…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article A750-3

The categories of information recorded in connection with the investigation of cases are set out in Table A of Annex 7-7. The categories of information recorded under the census and control mission of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Article A711-4

…in Article R.712-2 is not required is set at €100,000 per transaction or 30% of the contract in the case of public works contracts.

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

Article A811-18

…e written test for the option in commercial matters, lasting five hours, is designed to deal with a case file relating to one of the tasks likely to be entrusted to a court-appointed administrator reg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance

Article D5134-158

…creation of the adult relay post for the periods during which the post is actually occupied. In the case of part-time employment, it is paid in proportion to the working time stipulated in the agreeme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition, appointment and term of office.

Article R5312-12

…ed or lost the capacity in which they were appointed shall be replaced within three months. In this case, the term of office of the new members expires on the date on which that of their predecessor w…

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