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Showing 24712480 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to certain overseas collectivities

Article L3512-27

…Tax Code" are replaced by the words: "sale of a product below the price defined in Article L. 3512-28"; b) In Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words "or sale of a tobacco product at a price lower than t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-15

…rred to in Article L. 310-3-2 authorised to operate one or more of the classes referred to in 20 to 28 of Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1 of the Social Secur…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-14

For the period between 29 September 2021 and 28 December 2021, the calculation rates are set at :- 132.11% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 125…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-83-4

…persistent disagreement, the procedure provided for in article 5-5 of the aforementioned decree of 28 May 1982 shall be applied.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Relations with the partner health care organisation

Article R6323-29

…are; 5° The conditions for scheduling the pre-anaesthetic consultation mentioned in article R. 6123-28 ; 6° The financial relations between the two structures. As soon as it is signed, the agreement i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-1

If the accused does not consent to be tried forthwith or if the case does not appear to be ready for trial, the court, after hearing the submissions of the parties and their counsel, remits the case t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Difficulties in formation and operation

Article R1423-33

…ndustrial tribunal or, failing this, one or more judges mentioned in article L. 1454-2, to hear the cases on the roll of the division or which should subsequently have been referred to it. It sets the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Composition of gases

Article R4461-17

…412-150, the air or mixtures breathed during work must have the following characteristics:1° In the case of carbon dioxide, a partial pressure of less than 10 hectopascals ;2° In the case of carbon mo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-21

…he minimum time limit for receipt of applications may not be less than : 1° Thirty-five days in the case of open invitations to tender from the date on which the contract notice is sent. This period m…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L141-1

…orcement measure may be carried out on a Sunday or public holiday unless authorised by the judge in case of necessity. No enforcement measure may be commenced before six o'clock in the morning or afte…

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