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Showing 49814990 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Removal of goods made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique

Article R512-16-4

…of delivery of the goods; 4° Identification of the person from whom the goods were ordered: in the case of a natural person, their surname and first names, and in the case of a legal entity, its comp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-10

…part of the rates provided for by article L. 2333-9 at levels lower than the maximum rates;- in the case of municipalities with a population of less than 50,000 inhabitants belonging to a public estab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Subdivisions of the department

Article L3113-2

…is entirely included in the same canton; IV.-Exceptions of limited scope, specially justified, on a case-by-case basis, by geographical considerations; or by other imperatives in the general interest,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Monitoring of probation measures and alternative sanctions and subsequent decision in the event of non-compliance

Article 764-39

…nviction or the probation decision issued by the authorities of the sentencing Member State, in the case of an alternative sanction. Where a person has been sentenced to an alternative penalty and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R1113-1

…nformation is given to the person admitted or accommodated, or to their legal representative in the case of a minor or, if the person is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds.

Article R123-105

…estion to carry out this certification is attached. The report of the conversion auditor, or as the case may be the statutory auditor, relating to the conversion of a company into a joint-stock compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-2

The application file for approval includes: 1° In the case of a sole proprietorship, a declaration stating its name, its activity, its address, the address of its secondary establishments and the civi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of amending or cancelling registration

Article R123-248

…date and place of birth, nationality and status of the persons running the business; in the latter case, the declaration is made by the person(s) continuing to operate the business; 4° Renewal, limit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Procedure.

Article R145-30

…an expert whose mission shall relate to the factual elements enabling the criteria defined, as the case may be, in articles R. 145-3 to R. 145-7, L. 145-34, R. 145-9, R. 145-10 or R. 145-11, as the c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-34

…o the cross-border merger, as provided for in article L. 236-16, within the same time limit. In all cases, the creditors of the bondholders' group may object to the cross-border merger within the same…

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