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Showing 31213130 of 8012 articles for Art. CJEU – Kontogeorgas – C-104/95 – 12 Dec. 1996

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 R214-164

…anges or disposals carried out as part of one of the land development methods defined in article L. 121-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.Transfers accompanied by a commitment to sustainable ma…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-31

The granting of exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.59722 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 9 December 2020, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-49

For claims declared before 1 January 1983 and not settled by that date, the contribution of the compensation fund is limited to covering a maximum of 95% of any shortfall in the total amount of provis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D15-1-6

The departments, units and bodies, referred to in Article 706-95-17, that may carry out operations to install the technical devices referred to in Article 706-102-1 sont :-the national judicial police…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-432

…es of law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, article R. 4127-95 of the Public Health Code andarticle 432-13 of the Criminal Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-385

…ties of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, article R. 4127-95 of the Public Health Code andarticle 432-13 of the Criminal Code.

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

Article R6152-630-5

…ties of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, article R. 4127-95 of the Public Health Code andarticle 432-13 of the Criminal Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: The right to support for young people towards employment and independence

Article L5131-5

…for inArticle L. 136-1 of the Social Security Code and Chapter II of Order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating to the repayment of the social debt. The amount is set by decree. It may be suspended…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-8

…harmacy interns, nor to pharmacists registered with any of the sections of the Order on 1st January 1996 or having been previously registered. The same applies to pharmacists who are nationals of othe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-24

The services listed under numbers 102 to 111 of Table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Description of service Fee 102 Rel…

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