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Showing 13011310 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article R4332-17

…decree on 1st January of the year in respect of which the allocation is made. For the Department of Mayotte, the population taken into account is that defined in the first paragraph of Article L. 3334…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-3

…ns to acquire, lose or be reinstated in French nationality, as well as declarations of nationality, may, under the conditions laid down by law, be made, without authorisation, from the age of sixteen.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-17

…is sent without delay to the head of the prison or the director of the probation service. The judge may decide to withdraw this agreement at any time during the procedure. He must then inform the head…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-17

…of a marriage whose sole purpose was to obtain a residence permit or to acquire French nationality may not be taken into account to obtain the residence permit provided for in the first paragraph.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-17

…f the installation, its location and the nature of the works or its transport capacity, the Prefect may, within a period not exceeding one month, submit it for the authorisation provided for in Articl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ie: Transparency and control procedures

Article R321-17

…tion, under conditions defined by the Articles of Association. In exercising this right, the member may be assisted by any person of his choice..

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-172

…se particulars shall be accompanied by the documents provided for in articles R. 214-143 and R. 214-175, to which may be added the report of the contributions auditor; 3° The dates on which the accoun…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-17

…ined for each project, is likely to be affected by the project or any association representing them may, within a period of one month, lodge an appeal with the National Commercial Development Commissi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1740 D

…least two of the measures mentioned in II of this Article, the implementation of the second measure may be accompanied by the publication, on a list of non-cooperative platform operators, of the platf…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1653 A

…belong to the profession practised by the taxpayer whose situation is being examined, the taxpayer may request that he or she be replaced by a representative of one of the professional organisations…

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