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Showing 50015010 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-12

…erson concerned does not return to his post, his appointment is revoked after formal notice. In the case of a first appointment, he loses the benefit of his registration on the list of suitable candid…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater C

…nature, excluding common areas, that a private or public person owns at the same address or, in the case of multiple addresses, in the same topographical grouping.For the assessment of the annexed nat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special provisions relating to the exploitation of certain unavailable works

Article L138-1

…hive services or institutions depositing the cinematographic, audiovisual or sound heritage, in the case of works listed in this chapter. The reasonable investigative efforts referred to in the previo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 43

…r registered office of the natural or legal persons referred to in the same Article 113-2-1, as the case may be, shall also have jurisdiction. When a case is referred to the public prosecutor involvin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Pseudonymous investigations

Article 230-46

…023] the operation is authorised by the public prosecutor or by the investigating judge hearing the case; > After authorisation by the public prosecutor or by the investigating judge hearing the case…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-10

…long as the entries concerned relate to legal proceedings that are still in progress, except in the case of an entry based on the same 5°, as long as the person has not been rehabilitated or the measu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-6 (art. A212-225)

…is preceded by preparation time of the same duration, to enable the candidate to study a practical case related to the activity of mountain guide, submitted by the jury. This presentation takes place…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-17

I. - In the cases provided for in Articles L. 612-39 and L. 612-40 where, on a proposal from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the European Central Bank has ordered the total withd…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3152-4

…ramework of one of the procedures mentioned inarticle L. 911-1 of the Social Security Code. In this case, the rights corresponding to an employer's contribution in time or money benefit from the schem…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-3

In the cases provided for in articles 515-9 and 515-13 of the Civil Code, the matter shall be referred to the court by an application delivered or addressed to the registry. In addition to the particu…

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