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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-26

…For applications for extensions as defined in 4° of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing author…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-23-2

…rate. For 2009, this reduction rate corresponds to the difference between the total amount paid in 2008 for all the compensation mentioned in I to X of Article 48 of Finance Act no. 2008-1425 of 27 D…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-35

…rate. For 2009, this reduction rate corresponds to the difference between the total amount paid in 2008 for all the compensation mentioned in I to X of the article 48 of Finance Act no. 2008-1425 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration, land registration and stamps

Article 1635 bis AE

I. - Filing with the agency mentioned in article L. 5311-1 of the Public Health Code of each:1° Application for registration referred to in articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14 of the same code, of each…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking service providers

Article R774-1

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 511-1no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 511-2No. 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 511-2-1-1 with the exce…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R773-1

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 511-1no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 511-2No. 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 511-2-1-1 with the exce…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-90

…the Charter relating to the quality of subtitling for the deaf or hard of hearing of 12 December 2011 and those of the Audiodescription Charter of 10 December 2008.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

…252-2 et L. 252-3, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans leur rédaction indiquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau : APPLICABLE ARTICLES…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-81

…g within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 le justifient, le procureur de la République ou, après avis de ce magistrat, le juge d'instruction saisi peuvent autoriser qu'il soit procédé, sous l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-1

…sed or subjected to a direct or indirect discriminatory measure, as defined in Article 1 of Law No. 2008-496 of 27 May 2008 containing various provisions for adapting to Community law in the field of…

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