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Showing 271280 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-28

…nt may provide for restrictions on the possibility of changing the initial investment choice in the cases it defines. It then specifies the change or changes that may be made when the employee leaves…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28

…R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in I of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of I of article R. 356-24 is no longer met; b) The conditio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regional joint body.

Article R5312-28

…ed or lost the capacity in which they were appointed shall be replaced within three months. In this case, the term of office of the new members expires on the date on which that of their predecessor w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-28

…tion accounting, valued in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 343-9 and R. 343-10 in the case of commitments expressed in euros, in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 343-13 in t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-28

…s either of the amounts thus fixed, the authorisation of the Board of Directors is required in each case. The term of the authorisations provided for in the previous paragraph may not exceed one year,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-28

…f the proceedings in progress, the interests of a third party or the dignity of the person. In this case, the Investigating Chamber, at the request of the Public Prosecutor, the person claimed or of i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-28

…to participate again in the continuity of care or pharmaceutical duty is subject, depending on the case, to the procedure relating to professional inadequacy or the disciplinary procedure provided fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article D526-28

…may be made of a qualified electronic signature meeting the requirements of decree no. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 relating to electronic signatures.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Additional rules applicable to bank and payment services brokers and their agents

Article R519-28

…paragraph, limit its analysis to the contracts for which it has been asked by the customer. In this case, it is not subject to the provisions of this article, with the exception of the obligation to p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Appointment of a representative in France

Article 289 A

…the tax department, who undertakes to complete the formalities incumbent on this person and, in the case of taxable transactions, to pay the tax on its behalf. Failing this, the value added tax and, w…

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