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Showing 80218030 of 8626 articles for Art. 10 sept. 2020

French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis KH

…n services;3° Sums paid for the use of universal directory enquiry services mentioned in article R. 10-7 of the same code.Where the electronic communications services provided are included in a compos…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 768

…ns ;9° Compositions pénales, the enforcement of which has been established by the public prosecutor;10° Judgments or rulings declaring that a person is not criminally irresponsible on account of menta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-18

…to pharmaceutical establishments, to the second, third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 5124-2 ;10° The conditions under which pharmaceutical establishments may be advertised;11° The rules governi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Information on the payer and beneficiary accompanying transfers of funds

Article L722-11

…the territory of the French Republic, the absence of the information referred to in Article L. 722-10 ; 2° Where the payer's payment service provider is located outside the territory of the French Re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-18

I. - For the purposes of 1° of article L. 561-10, a person exposed to particular risks by virtue of their duties is a person who holds or has held for less than one year one of the following positions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-36

…ion from the provisions set out in the articles of this chapter mentioned below: 1° Article R. 4462-10-Absence of significant risk on a work site in the event of an accident on a neighbouring work sit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…one is required for this medicinal product; 8° The batch number; 9° The expiry date in clear text; 10° Special storage precautions, if any; 11° Special precautions for disposal of unused products or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5

…ithout prejudice to the transfer of the reprographic reproduction right mentioned in article L. 122-10 ;4° Parody, pastiche and caricature, taking into account the laws of the genre;5° Acts necessary…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…oducts, the transfer of which is subject to the prior authorisation provided for in Article L. 2335-10 of the Defence Code, to chemicals listed in Schedule 1 annexed to the Paris Convention and mentio…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-7

…R. * 424-10 of the same code, notifications are sent by the mayor of the commun…

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