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Showing 39213930 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Council and National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article L4122-2-2

…gulations. It draws up and publishes an annual activity report, which includes data on disciplinary cases collected by the national disciplinary chamber.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-6

The provisions of articles R. 211-21-1 to R. 211-21-5 do not apply in the cases mentioned in the last paragraph of article R. 211-14 and to the persons mentioned in articles R. 211-22 and R. 211-23.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article L691-1

…prosecutor, by way of appeal, and any creditor, by way of appeal or third party opposition, as the case may be, may challenge the decision to open the main insolvency proceedings on a ground of inter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: The Commercial Court.

Article L724-3-2

…not preclude the institution of proceedings and the pronouncement of disciplinary sanctions.In this case, the disciplinary sanctions applicable are:1° Withdrawal of the honorary office;2° Ineligibilit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Powers of investigation

Article L512-61

…a doctor, notary or bailiff, articles 56-1, 56-2 or 56-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as the case may be, shall apply.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1708

In all cases, insurers, their responsible representatives, their agents, managers of establishments or branches, or their representatives, brokers and intermediaries and policyholders are jointly and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Litigation

Article 1965 B

In the case of successive usufructs, as the eventual usufruct comes to an end, the bare owner is entitled to the return of a sum equal to what he would have paid less if the duty paid by him had been…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: FAILURE TO EXECUTE A REMOVAL DECISION

Article L824-2

…ved from French territory to refuse to submit to fingerprinting and photographing operations in the cases provided for in 3° and 4° of Article L. 142-1.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: RECOGNITION OF OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO RESIDENCE IN FRANCE

Article L822-1

…iding illegally in France to refuse to submit to fingerprinting and photographing operations in the case provided for in 3° of Article L. 142-1.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: Residence permits granted to beneficiaries of international protection

Article R424-5

…sident-EU" provided for in article L. 424-5 may have it withdrawn if he loses refugee status in the cases mentioned in article L. 424-8.

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