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Showing 49314940 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-12

…ors request to be included on the agenda for the next meeting are automatically included. Except in cases of urgency, when they are to be discussed, these questions must be tabled at least fifteen day…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-34

In exceptional cases, a third derogation of a maximum duration of three years may be requested from the Prefect no later than eight months before the end of the derogation period. The Prefect's decisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-6

…les L. 430-5, L. 430-7, L. 430-7-1, L. 430-8 or L. 430-9, the Autorité de la concurrence or, as the case may be, the Minister responsible for the economy, shall make the meaning of the decision public…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article R628-13

In the case provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 628-1, the notice of the opening judgment sent for insertion in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales and in a legal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Exhumation (R).

Article R2213-41

…year from the date of death. However, the provisions of the previous paragraph do not apply in the case of temporary deposit in a religious building, in a depository or in a temporary vault.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article R2223-77

…ie authorities. A doctor is assigned to ascertain beforehand the reality and cause of death. In the cases provided for in article 81 of the Civil Code and in article 74 of the Code of Criminal Procedu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of the request

Article R2333-120-36

…63, shall be fulfilled only with regard to that agent.The signing of applications and statements of case by one of these agents shall constitute constitution and election of an address for service wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The enforcement court.

Article D49-5-1

When the sentence enforcement court examines a case following a referral from a sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of article 712-6 and that judge is a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Management by the inter-company social and cultural activities committee

Article R2312-46

In the cases provided for in articles R. 2312-44 and R. 2312-45, if agreement is impossible, the Labour Inspector decides on the distribution of seats between the employee representatives of the under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives.

Article R3323-10

…be allocated in whole or in part to the constitution of the special profit-sharing reserve. In this case, the special profit-sharing reserve and the investment provision are set up before the end of t…

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