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Showing 10211030 of 4867 articles for Art. CJEU – Bellone – 30 Apr. 1998 – C-215/97

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R4162-4

I.-The fund mentioned in articles L. 215-1 or L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code or inarticle L. 723-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code informs the employer of his obligations under articles L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissioning authorisation.

Article R6312-37

…ith the theoretical number of vehicles allocated to health transport referred to in article R. 6312-30; -controlling expenditure on patient transport.III.-1° An authorisation to put into service a veh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 172

1° With a view to controlling the profits used as a basis for income tax, taxpayers making industrial, commercial or craft profits, non-commercial or similar profits or agricultural profits subject to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-15

If, after a traditional herbal medicinal product has been registered, the proprietor considers, on the basis of new data available to him, that, given its characteristics, the medicinal product is now…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and election (R)

Article R5211-20

…5211-19 for communes; b) The five most populous communes have a number of seats representing 20%, 30% or 40% of that set by the decree mentioned in article R. 5211-19 for the communes, depending on…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-61

…than 26 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017; b) No later than 24 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-98

Subject to the limits and conditions defined in the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the limits defined in articles R. 214-96 and R. 214-97 do not apply to units or shares of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Periodic inspections

Article R4323-99

Orders issued by the ministers responsible for labour or agriculture determine the personal protective equipment and categories of personal protective equipment for which the employer shall carry out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Continuous post-operative monitoring.

Article D6124-98

Except for patients whose state of health requires them to be admitted directly to an intensive care unit, the monitoring that follows the patient's transfer is carried out in a post-interventional mo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-33

Category 2 PPE-SL is subject to the EC type-examination procedure defined in article R. 322-35. For this equipment, the manufacturer, his authorised representative established on the territory of one…

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