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Showing 48514860 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-3

…n et de sûreté nucléaire ;27° L'Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité ;28° Institut Pasteur ;29° The Gustave Eiffel University;30° Laboratoire national de métrologie et d'…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Managing dose constraints

Article R4451-33-1

…e meaning of Article R. 4451-57, authorised to work in an operation zone defined in Article R. 4451-28. When it is not possible to use an operational dosimeter for technical reasons linked to professi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R391-1

…ree no. 2019-1235 of 27 November 2019 transposing the regulatory provisions of Directive (EU) 2017/828 of 17 May 2017 amending Directive 2007/36/EC with a view to promoting long-term shareholder engag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Management and training

Article R4462-27

…taking account in particular of the training they have undergone in application of Article R. 4462-28.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4

…ntioned bodies, manage, as a processor, the processing under the conditions provided for in Article 28 of the aforementioned Regulation. II. - The personal data and information likely to be recorded i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Sociétés en commandite simple.

Article L222-11

…is provided for in the Articles of Association or the partners unanimously decide to do so. In this case, the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 221-16 are applicable.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-3

…o emphyteutic leases, except as regards the revision of the rent. However, they shall apply, in the cases provided for in articles L. 145-1 and L. 145-2, to leases entered into by emphyteutic lessees,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 125

…the payment of interest, however made, or of its entry in the debit or credit of an account. In the case of capitalisation of interest on the sale price of a business, the taxable event is deferred to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Termination of proceedings.

Article 384

Except in cases where this effect results from the judgment, proceedings are extinguished incidentally to the action by the effect of a settlement, acquiescence, discontinuance of the action or, in no…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of performance.

Article 504

…judgment where it is not subject to any suspensive appeal or is provisionally enforceable. In other cases, this proof results from: - either the acquiescence of the convicted party; - or from notifica…

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