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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…ted market, to comply with the requirements laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018;2° The obligation, for the applicant for a marketing authorisation submitted in except…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article A1

…studies ; 15° Regional prefects for carrying out the duties of regional road safety observatories; 16° The chairmen of departmental councils for carrying out safety diagnoses of their networks, pursu…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

…under the conditions set out in Articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-6, except in the cases set out in 16° ;8° It issues the Therapeutic Use Exemptions provided for in article L. 232-2;9° It decides on t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 214

…ber of shares to enable the cooperating members to hold at least 50% of the company's capital by 31 December of the seventh year following the year of conversion into a société coopérative de producti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-20

…he next general renewal of municipal councils following the promulgation of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 of municipal councils with a population less than or equal to 150,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Local mining tax

Article 1519

…om deposits located beyond 1 nautical mile of the baselines defined in Article 2 of Ordinance no. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016 on maritime areas under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the French Rep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

I.-Until 31 December 2001, allocations from the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund are determined by applying a flat-rate compensation rate of 16.176% to actual investment expenditure, as defined by de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B

…tion meetings, up to a fixed daily rate of €450 per day of attendance at said meetings ;h) Until 31 December 2024, expenditure relating to the development of new collections incurred by industrial com…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R364-4

…entions. ";" 11° Foreign nationals mentioned in 6° to 8°, 10°, 13° and 15° to 17° of article R. 431-16. ";14° In Article R. 313-16, after the words: "trade and company register or trade register", the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R365-4

…erred to in "11° Foreign nationals mentioned in 6° to 8°, 10°, 13° and 15° to 17° of article R. 431-16. ";14° In article R. 313-16, after the words: "trade and company register or trade register", the…

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