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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1

…The keeping of the National Register of Companies;10° The keeping of entries made until 31 December 2022 in the National Register of Commerce and Companies and of deeds filed until that same date in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 nonies

…ct to, at the company's request, of an exemption or a reduction at the same rate, up to a limit for 2022 of €154,732 and €420,505 respectively of added value per establishment and updated each year ac…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16

…embership of an association or de facto grouping that has been dissolved pursuant to article L. 332-18 or by virtue of his or her participation in activities that an association whose activities have…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-11

As stated in article R. 234-4 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, which reads as follows:"I. - Foodstuffs derived from an animal that has undergone a clinical trial on veterinary medicinal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the administration and prescription of vaccines

Article R6212-2

…bing, the characteristics of vaccine-preventable diseases, the traceability of vaccinations and the main recommendations of the vaccination calendar and, for administration, the normative framework an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-17

…ating in particular to the status of the ingredients with regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006 and Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of 16 December 2008, toxicological data and the he…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1398 A

…own tax system on non-built properties classified in the 2nd and 6th categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and included within the perimeter of a pastora…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R592-3

…ir fingerprints taken pursuant to Article R. 521-7 are unusable," are deleted; 5° In Article R. 521-18, the reference to Article R. 521-7 is deleted; 6° The second paragraph of Article R. 552-8 is not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Dispensaries

Article L6424-1

…grated into the public health establishment from the date set by article 50 of law no. 2003-1199 of 18 December 2003 on the financing of social security for 2004. The rights and obligations, receivabl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-5

…ar the time limit and procedures for the request provided for in the first paragraph of Article 495-18, the amount of the fixed fine that the person concerned must pay and the amount of the increased…

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