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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Banknotes and coins

Article R122-1

Subject to the provisions of Decree No. 2001-933 of 12 October 2001 on the perforated marking of Banque de France banknotes denominated in French francs, denominations of the banknotes listed in the a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R1131-23

…ence de la biomédecine in accordance with the conditions laid down in Articles R. 1131-6 to R. 1131-12.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article R642-20

In the case provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 642-12, the assignee must inform the liquidator in advance of any planned disposal of an asset. He must also inform the court if the dispo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R920-2

…11° "chambre d'agriculture" by "chambre d'agriculture, de la pêche, et de l'aquaculture de Mayotte";12° "chambre des métiers et de l'artisanat" by "chambre de métiers et de l'artisanat de région de Ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72-2

…ation makes this necessary, the holder of the early access authorisation referred to in Article L. 5121-12 will take all necessary steps, in particular with stockholders, to stop distributing the medi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publicising and monitoring early access authorisations

Article R5121-73

…renewal and modification of early access, summaries of the summary reports mentioned in Article R. 5121-70-1 and any annexes thereto under the conditions mentioned in the present section, and informat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

…cles L. 5132-6 and L. 5132-7 shall apply to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action. Article L. 513…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-46-6

…cation obligations shall apply as from the deadline set pursuant to 3° of II of Article 15 of Order 2020-1636 of 21 December 2020 on the resolution regime in the banking sector for compliance with the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1665 ter

I.-The amount of the specific aid mentioned in 5° of II of article L. 133-5-12 of the Social Security Code, constituting an advance payment of the tax credit provided for in article 199 sexdecies of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-14

For the application of Article L. 3661-12, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be written back to the operating section:- the proceeds from the sale of a fixed…

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