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Showing 15311540 of 18354 articles for Art. CJEU – L'Oréal v eBay – C-324/09

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R3355-1

The steps required of the public prosecutor by the first paragraph of article L. 3355-5 are carried out in accordance with the procedures defined in articles R. 51 and R. 51-1 of the Code of Criminal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Transfers between insurance undertakings and supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-2

…insurance companies mentioned in 4° of the same article, to mutual insurance companies or unions governed by Book II of the Mutual Code or to provident institutions, solely in the context of legal re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-43

…ommodation; 5° The amount of tax due; 6° Where applicable, the accommodation registration number provided for in Article L. 324-1-1 of the Tourism Code.II. - The accommodation providers, hoteliers, ow…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-108

The procedures for applying the rules relating to building savings accounts are set out in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-9

Title V of Book II of this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portfolio transfers.

Article L364-1

…luded in the territory of the French Republic under the right of establishment or the freedom to provide services from an insurance undertaking in the European Union to an assignee established in a Me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704

…ar to be of great complexity, due in particular to the large number of perpetrators, accomplices or victims or the geographical jurisdiction over which they extend, the territorial jurisdiction of a j…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L131-2

…contract of association or, in the departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle, with the local civil code. School and university federations and unions are subject to the provisions of this code an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Equipment and property leasing companies

Article L515-2

…ferred to in article L. 312-2, companies which manage, on a regular basis, companies created with a view to carrying out the transactions referred to in article L. 313-7, even if not on a regular basi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-1

This chapter applies to compulsory group contracts covering death, physical injury, maternity, incapacity for work or invalidity. It also applies to optional group contracts covering these same risks,…

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