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Showing 53015310 of 10952 articles for Art. CJEU – Unamar – 17 Oct. 2013 – C-184/12

French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-9-1

…of the Mutual Code; d) When they carry out operations falling within the classes mentioned in 1, 2, 17, 18 and 16a of Article R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code, at least half of their contributions are paid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations to overseas municipalities.

Article R2334-9-3

…and Futuna Islands, in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of the aforementioned Decree of 17 August 1994.Unless otherwise stated, the population to be taken into account for the application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-20

…re of data, the right to restriction and the right to object, provided for respectively in Articles 17, 18 and 21 of the same Regulation, do not apply to this processing.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-16

…mers and agricultural businesses listed in the register of farmers provided for in I of article R. 917-17. ";d) In the seventh paragraph, the words: "by professional category and, where applicable, su…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-8

…on of goods and the taking of samples carried out pursuant to Article 189 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-23

…irst paragraph, the entities referred to in points 3 to 23 of paragraph 5 of Article 2 of Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 are treated as financial in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-14

…his Article shall not be excluded from the scope of consolidation defined in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.

Article L751-7

…mply with the obligations to file the declarations provided for in 6° of I of Article 11 of Law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life. Their declarations of interest are m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax on the costs of chambers of trade and craft associations

Article 1601-0 A

…7 D. The benefit of this exemption is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Space heating

Article R4216-20

The use of soft solder, whose filler metal melting temperature is less than 450°C, is prohibited for pipes carrying combustible liquids or gases.

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