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Showing 48014810 of 10952 articles for Art. CJEU – Unamar – 17 Oct. 2013 – C-184/12

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L613-41-2

Without prejudice to the rules on large exposures set out in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 in Articles L. 511-41 and L. 533-2, the resolutio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 quindecies

…funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it read prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private equ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-2

The parties to the contract may not depart from the provisions of articles L. 171-3, L. 172-2, L. 172-3, L. 172-6, L. 172-8, L. 172-9, L. 172-13 (second paragraph), L. 172-17, L. 172-20, L. 172-22, L.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-6

…424-5, L. 424-13, L. 424-21, L. 425-3, L. 426-6, L. 426-7, L. 426-2, L. 426-3, L. 426-10 or L. 426-17.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1-1

…t to Article L. 5124-9 " do not apply; 3° The article is completed by a paragraph worded as follows 17° For the application of 12° and 13°, the establishments or organisations that prepare, store, dis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-6

…PLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 5211-16 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5211-17 (with the exception of the third and sixth paragraphs) law no. 2006-1771 of 30 December 2006 L. 5…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R917-5

…or shall certify to the Prefect that they meet the conditions provided for in C of I of Article R. 917-17. "Candidates for the office of member of the bureau elected in respect of the college represen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R2123-22-1-B

Within the limit of the maximum amount set in application of 3° of article R. 1621-7 of the present code, the member of the municipal council acquires his or her individual training rights recorded in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: REFUSAL AND WITHDRAWAL OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R432-2

…3, R. 421-43, R. 421-47, R. 421-54, R. 421-54, R. 421-60, R. 422-5, R. 422-12, R. 426-14 and R. 426-17.By way of derogation from the first paragraph, this period is sixty days when the foreign nationa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions relating to associated communes resulting from a merger with more than 100,000 inhabitants and delegated communes

Article R2113-16

In the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-17 as it stood prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales et dans les communes déléguées menti…

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