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Showing 23512360 of 33006 articles for Art. CJEU – C-48/16 – 17 May 2017

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Swimming establishments and aquatic activities

Article D322-16

…g supervision and the number of people responsible for assisting them ; 2° The number of people who may be admitted simultaneously to the bathing establishment with paid access to practise the activit…

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

Article 1651 K

…the organisations or bodies representing owners of built-up property and by CCI France. Taxpayers may request that one of the taxpayers' representatives be appointed by a national, regional or local…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval procedure

Article R1114-16

Approval may be withdrawn, with the assent of the National Approval Commission, if the association ceases to satisfy the conditions required for approval or if it fails to comply with the obligation s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-16

…a full member who is absent and unrepresented without valid reason for three consecutive meetings, may, on a proposal from the Disciplinary Board, be declared to have resigned by the governing body.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regulations attached to agreements.

Article R6142-16

…ively for the university or its training and research units, or for the university hospital centre, may be employed jointly by the parties to the agreement; 3° The conditions under which the directors…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Reception facilities

Article L551-16

The material reception conditions enjoyed by the applicant may be partially or totally terminated in the following cases:1° He/she leaves the region of orientation determined in application of article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-16

…ritories considered as non-cooperative within the meaning ofArticle 238-0 A of the General Tax Code may not carry out the activity of sports agent on French territory. Any presentation agreement concl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-16

…in Sections 6 and 7 of Chapter II of Title I of Book VI of the Monetary and Financial Code, the AMF may apply the provisions of Article L. 325-1 of this Code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-16

…aracteristics. From the day of the publication provided for in the preceding paragraphs, any person may take cognisance of the application as entered in the Register of applications for plant variety…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens exploiting authorisations held by one or more of its members

Article R6133-16

…dment to its constituent agreement for approval, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may dissolve the grouping in accordance with the procedure laid down in 3° of article R. 6133-8.

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