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Showing 38613870 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board

Article L2363-8

…articipation in the European Cooperative Society is governed by the following provisions: 1° In the case of a European Cooperative Society constituted by transformation, if a participation system exis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Compulsory transmission of individual data to the health authority.

Article L3113-1

…Doctors and managers of public and private medical biology departments and laboratories report:1° Cases of diseases requiring urgent local, national or international intervention to the regional hea…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article R175-1

The limitation period for actions arising from an insurance contract runs from: 1° In the case of an action for payment of the premium, the date on which the premium became due; 2° In the case of a cl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article L741-6

…not lodged a third-party objection within a period set by decree are extinguished. However, in this case, debts are stopped on the date of the judgment pronouncing personal recovery without judicial l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1759-0 A

…per declaration, is equal to:1° 5% of the deductions that should have been made or declared, in the case of omissions or inaccuracies;2° 10% of the deductions that should have been made or declared, i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3661-6

…ns are voted by chapter and, if the Metropolitan Lyon Council so decides, by article. In both these cases, the Metropolitan Lyon Council may, however, specify that certain appropriations are specialis…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1044

…nationality, or where the question of nationality has been raised ex officio, the court hearing the case on the merits shall set the Public Prosecutor the same one-month time limit to refer the matter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-12

…aw the certificate, provided that monitoring has not begun in the executing State, in the following cases: 1° Where it considers that the maximum period of deprivation of liberty provided for under th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L634-1

…r other of these authorities.The general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, in the case of this authority, and an order of the Minister responsible for the economy, in the case of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article R123-95

…correspond to the supporting documents and deeds filed in the appendix and are compatible, in the case of an application for amendment or cancellation, with the status of the file. He also verifies…

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