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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-1

…f powers between the general meeting, the administrator and, where applicable, the select committee;18° The conditions for the amicable liquidation of the grouping and the appointment of one or more l…

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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

…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 exceptional circu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-7

I. - Articles L. 5215-16 to L. 5215-18, L. 5215-21, L. 5215-26 to L. 5215-29, L. 5215-40 and L. 5215-42 are applicable to metropolitan areas. For the application of article L. 5211-17, the majority co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

…as part of a professional activity within the meaning of Article 4 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565, insofar as that activity is governed by legislative or regulatory provisions or by a code…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-28

…hat changed category on 1 January 2019 or to communities of communes created ex nihilo on 1 January 2017. In 2023, this ceiling does not apply to communities of communes with fewer than 20,001 inhabit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-5-3

…11-1 giving rise to prior approval by the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to EU Regulation 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, the fee payable, set by decree, is greater than €2,000 and less than or e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

…aim of inducing the consumer to acquire it on less favourable terms than normal market conditions; 18° Stating, as part of a commercial practice, that a competition is being organised or that a prize…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 F quinquies

…er up to a total value not exceeding €99,000.F. Sales resulting from the application of articles L. 181-18 to L. 181-24 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime relative à la mise en valeur agricole…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-4

…0.9% isotonic sodium chloride solutions; - 10% calcium gluconate solutions; - Ringer's solutions. 18° Oxytocics and analogues. 19° Oxygen. 20° Medication to block lactation. 21° Equimolecular mixtur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 D

…ditions:1° The shares, units, rights or securities were acquired or subscribed prior to 1 January 2018;2° The net gains, distributions or price complements in question are taxed under the conditions p…

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