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Showing 90019010 of 10952 articles for Art. CJEU – Unamar – 17 Oct. 2013 – C-184/12

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R6223-82

The competent council of the ordre des médecins or the ordre des pharmaciens decides on the application for registration under the conditions set out in articles L. 4112-3 and L. 4112-4 and articles L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-5-1

…bject to public accounting rules under the conditions set out in Article 112 of Law no. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of law. II. - For receipts giving rise to a pay…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-18

…le for the economy shall specify the conditions for the application of articles L. 511-15 to L. 511-17. In particular, he shall set the terms and conditions under which : 1. Decisions to withdraw auth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Money changers

Article L524-6

…olution shall carry out on-site inspections of bureaux de change in accordance with Articles L. 612-17 and L. 612-23 to L. 612-27. The officers responsible for on-site inspections may carry out cash c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2661-2

…s otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Book IIn Title VIID. 2171-4 D. 2171-5 Resulting from decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 201D. 2171-6 to D. 2171-1 In Title IX…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2671-2

…s otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Book IIn Title VIID. 2171-4D. 2171-5Resulting from decree no. 2019-259 of 29 March 2019D. 2171-6 to D. 2171-14In Title IXD…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-20

…ph of Article L. 611-11;4° Claims guaranteed by the lien established in 2° of III of Article L. 622-17 and in Article L. 626-10.II.-Up to a limit of 5% of the estimated liabilities, the smallest claim…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R4134-1

…du 22 avril 2002 pris pour l'application du premier alinéa de l'article 8 de la loi n° 2001-624 du 17 juillet 2001 et relatif à l'agrément des associations de jeunesse et d'éducation populaire;4° Le…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-20

…d within the jurisdiction of each land area or maritime district. The provisions of article R. 3354-17 do not apply in this case.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The knowledge test referred to in article L. 812-3

Article A812-27

…is same list referred to in the Commission's decision, where applicable, pursuant to article R. 812-17: -National law relating to companies in difficulty; -European and international law relating to c…

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