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Showing 511520 of 15668 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – Case C-439/09 – 13 Oct. 2011

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.

Article R522-13

The standard regulation(s) provided for in Article L. 522-13 are drawn up and amended by the Fédération nationale des prestataires logistiques et des magasins généraux agrées par l'Etat and submitted…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-13

…he Chairman is responsible for policing the meeting and may suspend or adjourn the meeting. In this case, the Board of Directors must be reconvened within fifteen days.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation

Article L612-13

…the Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the panel may, except in the case of sanctions, decide by written consultation. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules applicable to pledges.

Article D514-13

…of compensation determined in accordance with the procedures set out in article D. 514-12. In this case, the item may be sold by auction on behalf of the institution. If the borrower prefers to take…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions common to Titles I, II and IV

Article 1378 bis

Transfers of any kind having as their object, in the case of long leases, either the right of the lessor or the right of the lessee, are subject to the provisions of this code concerning transfers of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-13

…paragraph of II or III of article L. 812-2 is forwarded by the latter to the judge assigned to the case and to the public prosecutor.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-13

…he delegated production company after completion of the cinematographic or audiovisual work. In the case of a delegated co-production, the application is submitted jointly by the two production compan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-13

…ts opposition, the employer claims that the reimbursement of unemployment benefits was ordered in a case where such a measure is excluded by law, the court shall refer the case back to the court that…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-13

…ising from reinsurance contracts and securitisation vehicles, appropriate approximations, including case-by-case approaches, may be used for the calculation of the best estimate.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Collection of information and documents

Article L512-13

…check under the conditions provided for in Article 78-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. In this case, the time limit stipulated in the third paragraph of the same article 78-3 runs from the date o…

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