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Showing 50115020 of 5602 articles for Art. 17 December 2008

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Application to vary a marketing authorisation requiring an assessment

Article D5141-56

…ursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC are set as follows…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68

…product pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999; 8° Any information relating to exceptional and early use in the indication applied fo…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…n Article L. 2352-1 of the same Code; 2° Goods covered by articles 2 and 3 of Act no. 92-1477 of 31 December 1992 relating to products subject to certain movement restrictions and to complementarity b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
34°: Tax credit for forestry investments

Article 200 quindecies

…in respect of the forestry operations mentioned in II of this article that they carry out until 31 December 2027. II.-The tax credit applies to II.-The tax credit applies to: 1° To the purchase price…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

…les…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Purposes of processing

Article R142-11

…vel documents or, when they are holders of a long-stay visa mentioned in 6° to 13° and 15°, 16° and 17° of Article R. 431-16, the formalities provided for in the same article and enabling the holder o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

…in the schedule provided for in Article L. 123-12, the companies mentioned in 1° of Article L. 233-17 are exempt from the obligation to draw up consolidated accounts and a report on the management of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5711-4

…e financial and asset conditions provided for in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of article L. 5211-17.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Voter information and referendum campaign (R)

Article R1112-3

To take part in the campaign for the referendum, groups of elected representatives, political parties and groupings that meet the conditions laid down in article LO 1112-10 submit a request for author…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Single chapter: Processing of personal data known as the "interministerial information system for victims of attacks and disasters".

Article R2-15-1

The categories of personal data and information likely to be recorded in the processing are:

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