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Showing 12111220 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-17

…r authorisation is set at ninety days from the date of receipt of the complete dossier. This period may be extended by ninety days if the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médica…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6252-17

…relating to Saint-Barthélemy's relations with the latter. The President of the Territorial Council may ask the State to take the initiative in negotiations with the European Union and the European Co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6352-17

…unity concerning Saint-Martin's relations with the latter. The president of the territorial council may ask the State to take the initiative in negotiations with the European Union and the European Co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Refusal to pay for a professional transition project

Article R6323-17

The interested party may request mediation from France Compétences in application ofarticle R. 6123-14 of the Labour Code. At the request of France Compétences, the regional cross-industry joint commi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1650 A

…operation or the member communes.Agents of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may participate in the inter-municipal direct tax commission, without voting rights, within the foll…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-16

…article 92 of law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the metropolitan authority may deduct from this outstanding debt the amount of the claim still to be collected from the support…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179-2

The investigating judge may specify in the committal order the date of the hearing before the police court or the criminal court when this date has been previously communicated to him by the public pr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-17

…onal circumstances and at the reasoned request of the production company, the aforementioned period may be extended for a period not exceeding two years, by decision of the President of the Centre nat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-17

…liquidator who proceeds with the sale of the immovable property. The seizure of immovable property may resume at the stage at which it was suspended by the opening judgment.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Registration, land registration, property wealth tax, stamp duty

Article 1722 bis

…the balances or rewards owed to his co-heirs, the payment of the death duties payable by the latter may be deferred under the conditions laid down by decree (1), up to the fraction corresponding to th…

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