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Showing 40014010 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-7-2

…nties et du crédit au commerce extérieur, the Minister responsible for the economy determines which cases must be submitted to the Commission by the body before the guarantee is issued and which cases…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Demergers

Article L236-22

…ew companies may be formed without any contribution other than that of the divided company. In this case, and if the shares of each of the new companies are allocated to the shareholders of the compan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater F

I.-The chargeable event for the tax is, depending on the case: 1° The date of issue of the initial building or development consent; 2° The date on which the initial tacit planning permission came into…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 963

…payment of the duty provided for in that Article, failing which the appeal or the defences, as the case may be, will be inadmissible. Except in the case of an application for legal aid, the principal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Competent administrative authority

Article R1233-3-5

…nd Employment is the one within whose jurisdiction the head office of the company is located.In the case of an economic and social unit, the competent director is the one in whose jurisdiction the hea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-151

…suspected to be due to a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article R. 5121-150, including cases of overdose, misuse, abuse and medicinal errors as defined in article R. 5121-152, as well as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-321

…ty are not eligible to vote. Voter status is determined: 1° On the opening day of the ballot in the case of an election by electronic means via the Internet; 2° On the closing day of the ballot in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Administration of the collective shop

Article L125-10

Annexed to the constitutive contract or to the articles of association, as the case may be, are rules of procedure. The constitutive contract or the articles of association, as well as the rules of pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-13

…cerpt must, under the same penalty, state the date, volume and number of the collection, or, in the case of a simple declaration, the date and number of the receipt for this declaration and, in both c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Authorisation to occupy the public domain constituting rights in rem

Article L1311-6

…vers or demergers of companies, for the remaining period of validity of the title, including in the case of the realisation of the security relating to the said rights and property and in the cases pr…

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