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Showing 551560 of 50010 articles for Art. CJEC – Metro I – 25 Oct. 1977 – case 26/76

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-26

I. - The persons who effectively manage the business of the firm within the meaning of Article L. 532-2 .4 and the members of the board of directors, the supervisory board, the management board or any…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-26

Consumer associations holding the approval provided for in Article L. 811-1 of the Consumer Code are not required to provide proof of the approval provided for in Article R. 331-25 in order to refer a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12-2 b

Documents required to renew the declaration of activity for nationals of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area established in France Declaratio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12-2 a

Documents required for the declaration of activity by nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to establish themselves in Franc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Establishments and organisations authorised to carry out vaccinations

Article D3111-26

When the operating procedures of a vaccination centre no longer enable it to meet the obligations laid down in articles D. 3111-23 and D. 3111-25, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency sh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-26

I. - The payment service provider may not charge the payment service user for fulfilling its information obligations or for carrying out corrective and preventive measures pursuant to this chapter, ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-26

The heavy equipment listed below is subject to the authorisation provided for in Article L. 6122-1:1° (Repealed) ;2° The following cross-sectional imaging equipment, with the exception of that exclusi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Treatment of over-indebtedness and payment incidents

Article R721-26

In New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer:1° Receives from the Banque de France the information it gathers under the provisions of Artic…

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

Article L5211-26

I. - A decree or, as the case may be, an order puts an end to the exercise of the competences of the public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation whose dissolution is requested, required or ips…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 C

The option mentioned in Article 260 B does not apply: 1° Transactions carried out by affiliates of the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, as well as their groupings, between themsel…

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