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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3-1

…within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use and repealing Directive 2001/20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L784-8

…7 March 2014 L. 621-13 Order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 621-13-1 to L. 621-13-3 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 621-13-4 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-13-5 Order no. 2021-17…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-8

…7 March 2014 L. 621-13 Order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 621-13-1 to L. 621-13-3 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 621-13-4 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-13-5 Order no. 2021-17…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-7

…7 March 2014 L. 621-13 Order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 621-13-1 to L. 621-13-3 Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 621-13-4 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-13-5 Order no. 2021-17…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

…uditor shall perform analytical procedures to review the consistency of the accounts as a whole. >. 16. He shall also verify the fairness and consistency with the accounts of the information given in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-22

…prescribed by the applicable legislative or regulatory provisions, in particular by Article L. 561-16, or when they have communicated information to the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 purs…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…acilities for non-hazardous waste concerned Unit of collection Quota (in euros) 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 From 2025 B.-Authorised plants recovering more than 75% of the biogas captured for energy…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-1-1

…ks in the digital age;Article L. 113-9-1 is applicable in the wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1658 of 15 December 2021.Articles L. 132-15, L. 132-17-1-1, L. 132-17-3, L. 132-17-4-1, L. 132-17-8…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-4

The costs referred to in article L. 1614-1 are compensated by the transfer of State taxes, by the resources of the Fonds de compensation de la fiscalité transférée and, for the balance, by the allocat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-5

…built properties, excluding the compensation mentioned in c of 1° and b of 2° of C of IV of Article 16 of Finance Act no. 2019-1479 for 2020; > 2° The sum of: a) The proceeds determined by applying th…

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