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Showing 26112620 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-3

…date of the last accounting period. For the application of articles R. 663-5 to R. 663-8 and R. 663-28, the turnover is that achieved during the observation period or the period of continued activity.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-8

…27. Suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; 28. Collective food poisoning; 29. Tuberculosis; 30. Tularemia; 31. Exanthematic typhus; 32. Zika ;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-193

…gent of the notice of transfer pursuant to article 5-1 of decree no. 67-223 of 17 March 1967 €15.38 28 Concerning co-ownership lots, notification to the syndic of the transfer of ownership pursuant to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-34

…ations; 8° The reports and attendance lists for the training courses referred to in Article R. 4462-28; 9° For multi-employer pyrotechnic sites, the agreement provided for in Article R. 4462-32.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS ADOPTED BY REGIONAL AUTHORITIES

Article L4141-2

I.-The following are forwarded to the State representative in the region, under the conditions set out in II:1° Deliberations of the Regional Council or decisions taken by the Permanent Commission by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction of Disciplinary Boards of First Instance

Article R4234-10

…he orders made pursuant to the two preceding paragraphs. If the President of the Chamber to which a case has been referred pursuant to the first paragraph considers that this court does not have juris…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-8

The contract of incorporation or the articles of association, as the case may be, must, on pain of nullity, and subject to the joint and several liability of the signatories, contain an express statem…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Appeal procedures

Article L327-15

…to which the appeal is lodged decides otherwise on an application for a stay of execution. In this case, the court hearing the case may order a stay of execution of the contested decision if it is li…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-11

The president of the panel to which the case is distributed or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Ship captains, aircraft commanders.

Article 394

The master is relieved of all liability : a) in the case of an offence referred to in article 424,2°, below, if he proves that he has fulfilled all his supervisory duties or if the offender is discove…

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