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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-10-2

For a similar biological medicinal product defined in a of 15° of Article L. 5121-1, the marketing authorisation may be granted before the expiry of the intellectual property rights attached to the re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8.

Article R464-16

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-5

…723-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code shall send the employer the following information by 15 March of the year following the year in respect of which this declaration is made, taking into ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Dotation de soutien à l'investissement des départements (Departmental investment support grant)

Article L3334-10

…in mountain areas being multiplied by 2 c) 25% based on the number of children aged between 11 and 15 living in the region's communes . The amount of the budgets calculated in this way may not be les…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies F

…ecember 1980. Structures meeting the criteria defined in the first paragraph and completed before 1 January 2011 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twelve months provided that they are in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111

…oans or deposits.Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, when these sums are repaid after 1 January 1960, to the legal entity that had paid them, the fraction of tax to which their allocation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-9

…by the amount of financial compensation for the costs mentioned in Article 17 of Law no. 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the division of powers between municipalities, departments, regions and the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-11

…5-845 of 26 July 2005 on safeguarding businesses, in application of Title VI of Law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 on the legal recovery and liquidation of businesses or, under the system in force prior…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 octies

…including the fraction of this weight below this threshold;3 (Paragraph repealed with effect from 1 January 2005) ;(4) (Repealed)5. The weight of washing preparations, including auxiliary washing prep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-6

…ocedures defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and under the conditions laid down by the Act of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and civil liberties.

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