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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123

…123-5, or under the parallel import authorisation defined in articles R. 5141-123-6 to R. 5141-123-19. It is refused if the veterinary medicinal product presents or is likely to present a risk to hum…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 undecies: Companies located in dynamic urban areas

Article 44 sexdecies

…munes mentioned in the sixth paragraph of the same II, companies that are created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the mea…

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

Article L3334-7-1

…of the third and fifth paragraphs of article L. 3334-11 as it stood prior to Finance Act no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 for 2006, indexed according to the rates of change in general government gros…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-14

…e shall receive referrals addressed to the authority under the conditions set out in article L. 331-19. These agents may obtain information from the telecommunications operators and from the public au…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Relationship between company or establishment agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional scope.

Article L2253-1

…1-14, in 1° of article L. 3121-44, in article L. 3122-16, in the first paragraph of article L. 3123-19 and in articles L. 3123-21 and L. 3123-22 of this code and relating to working hours, the distrib…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-25-1

…the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-1

…ties Code and, where applicable, the annual grants provided for in articles L. 162-22-16, L. 162-22-19, L. 162-23-3 and L. 174-1 of the Social Security Code, as well as the establishment's projected a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article R784-11

…2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 613-18, with the exception of IIno. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-19n° 2005-1677 of 28 December 2005R. 613-20n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 613-20-1no. 2010-257 of 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…Institut national d'études démographiques ;18° L'Observatoire français des drogues et toxicomanies ;19° The Haut Conseil pour l'avenir de l'assurance maladie (High Council for the Future of Health Ins…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 C

I. - For the application of the second paragraph of I of Article 1640 B, the reference communal and inter-communal rates are defined as follows:1. For communes that are not members in 2010 of a public…

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