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Showing 17311740 of 18819 articles for Art. CJEU – Coty – C-230/16 – 6 Dec. 2017

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-630-6

…ake place at the earliest one day after the end of the withdrawal period provided for in article R. 6152-630-7. The contractual termination agreement is drawn up in accordance with the model defined b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 quinquies BA

…I of article 1379, by the fraction defined in the penultimate paragraph of 1° of 3 of I of article 1640 C. The member municipalities of these establishments receive the additional fraction, provided f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-16

…sentence of five years or more for one or more of the offences referred to in Articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Criminal Code, excluding those defined in articles 421-2-5 and 421-2-5-1 of the same code,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-16

…t concerned or, where applicable, on the assets underlying this instrument; 5° They are negotiable; 6° Their acquisition is compatible with the management objectives or investment policy of the genera…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16-1

…23-2 or on one of the lists mentioned in the first paragraph or the second paragraph of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code, as well as products registered on the list mentioned in article L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater D

…of residential and accommodation premises and their annexes mentioned in articles 278 sexies and 296 ter and, in French Guiana and Mayotte, the construction of the same premises, provided they are fi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 bis G

…ered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code in its version prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private equity f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-67

The trader shall keep, where appropriate in dematerialised form, a duplicate copy of the documents communicated to the consumer for a period of two years.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-65

…pair of equipment requiring the use of a part falling within a category mentioned in Article R. 224-62, the trader shall allow the consumer, before the consumer accepts the offer, to opt for the use o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-62

1° L'obligation prévue par l'article L. 224-112 s'applique aux catégories d'outils de bricolage et de jardinage motorisés suivantes: a) Ride-on, walk-behind or robotic lawnmowers; b) Chainsaws; c) Hed…

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