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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 278-0 B

I.-Intra-Community acquisitions and imports of goods, other than works of art, are subject to the rate laid down for the supply of the same goods. II. II - The supply of work under contract is subject…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-22

…shall contain the following information: The company name or corporate name of the merging company. 1° The name of each participating company followed, where appropriate, by its acronym, its legal for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-14

…th Agency in order to issue opinions within the framework of the procedures laid down in Chapters I and II of this Title. An order by the Minister for Health sets out the procedures for the approval a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-11

I.-The holder of an authorisation declares to the Prefect any project to modify the installations and operating conditions mentioned in the prefectoral authorisation order and sends him all the inform…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-12

…om the Director General of the Regional Health Agency or at the request of the authorisation holder and in accordance with the procedure laid down in I of article R. 1321-7, issue an order amending th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13

…L. 1321-2 for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption may cover separate plots of land.Within the immediate protection perimeter, the boundaries of which are established in order to p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-10

…ector General of the Regional Health Agency will, at the expense of the holder of the authorisation and within two months of being notified, have analyses carried out to check the quality of the water…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R6223-13

…the provisions of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and of this section relating to the information that they must contain, the company's articles of as…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-11

The approved sports federation undertakes to disseminate and promote the principles of the Republican Commitment Contract among its members who are : 1° An association affiliated to the federation; 2°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-10

…e approval is informed in advance of the reasons for which the withdrawal of approval is envisaged, and is given the opportunity to present its observations.

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