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Showing 27612770 of 5857 articles for Art. 12 juill. 2018

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-8

…rian is personally responsible for applying the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and the legislative and regulatory provisions concerning veterinary medicinal products and medi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3842-1

…the provisions of Article L. 3842-4 as amended by Law No. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for the justice system.Articles L. 3422-1 and L. 3422-2 do not apply in New Cal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

…eTITLE I.-OF THE COMMERCIAL DEEDTITLE II.-TRADERS' TITLEChapter I.-Definition and statusArticles R. 121-1 to R. 121-5Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Chapter III.-General obligations of tradersArti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-103

…d, in 2020, either a loss of turnover resulting from one of the activities mentioned in article 911-126 of at least 25% compared with their average turnover for the same activity, or a loss of profit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…those that would apply to such exposures denominated and funded in their national currency ; (b) In 2018, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the concentration risk sub-module and the marg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-14

…duct manufacturing establishment referred to in Article 97 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or of a person responsible for a wholesale distribution establishment referred to in Article 10…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Overseas departments

Article 1043 B

In the Department of Mayotte, from 1 January 2018 until 31 December 2025, the following are exempt from registration duty or land registration tax when they are carried out for the benefit of irregula…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article L432-6

…in articles 222-34 to 222-40, 224-1-A to 224-1-C, 225-4-1 to 225-4-4, 225-4-7, 225-5 to 225-11, 225-12-1 and 225-12-2, 225-12-5 to 225-12-7, 225-13 to 225-15, 7° of article 311-4 and articles 312-12-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Provisions applicable to the communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L2571-2

The articles L. 2113-1 to L. 2113-22 and the articles L. 2224-12-3-1, L. 2224-12-4 and L. 2224-12-5 as well as the third, fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of article L. 2143-3 are not applicable to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L137-1

…free software, providers of electronic communications services within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code, providers of…

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