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Showing 51215130 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article L511-16

…The authorised agents order the measures following these controls defined in Articles 19 to 21 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004, as amend…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Funeral equipment

Article L2223-42-1

…infections that prescribe or prohibit certain funeral operations, the list of which is laid down by regulation. A decree of the Council of State specifies the conditions for the transfer of the body t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 550

Subpoenas and service, unless otherwise provided by laws and regulations, shall be made by writ of bailiff.Notifications shall be made by administrative means.The bailiff may not instrument for himsel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Disciplinary chambers of first instance and regional and inter-regional councils.

Article L4124-2

…itioners mentioned in the previous paragraph exercise a supervisory function provided for by law or regulation, they may only be brought before the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance, in respect o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Profits

Article L232-14

A dividend increase of up to 10% may be granted by the Articles of Association to any shareholder who can prove that, at the end of the financial year, the shares have been registered in his name for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: CCI France

Article L711-15

…horised to represent the national interests of industry, commerce and services to the State and the European Union, as well as internationally.Its governing body is made up of the presidents in office…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article R714-2

…acts affecting its existence or scope and, in the case of a collective mark or guarantee mark, the regulations determining the conditions to which the use of the mark is subject;2° Acts modifying the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article R422-1

…e public. However, the provisions of this article do not apply to decrees whose purpose is to bring regulations into line with binding decisions and acts of the European Union.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Exemption for between two and five years

Article 1383 A

…The benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with the provisions of the same Community regulation as that applied for the exemption from which the business benefits on the basis of Articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-8

…iberation following its renewal, the Lyon Metropolitan Council draws up its budgetary and financial regulations.The local authority's budgetary and financial regulations specify in particular:1° The p…

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