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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-1

…1-8, any variation or extension, as provided for in Chapter I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing author…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-35

…1-5, any variation or extension, as provided for in Chapter I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing author…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: General provisions

Article 1680 A

…account or a Crédit Mutuel special passbook savings account covered by Article 146(I)(2) of Act no. 2008-776 du 4 août 2008 de modernisation de l'économie. These operations do not incur any costs for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6271-8

…fers of powers from the State, the region and the department of Guadeloupe take effect on 1 January 2008.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6371-8

…fers of powers from the State, the region and the department of Guadeloupe take effect on 1 January 2008.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title II: Ordinary remedies.

Article 540

…fixes.By way of exception to the foregoing provisions, the right to review provided for in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recogni…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-18

…af or hard of hearing of 12 December 2011 and those of the Audio Description Charter of 10 December 2008.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-6

…ports drawn up at the request of a right-holder under the conditions provided for in Article L. 331-19 must include:1° The personal data and information mentioned in 1° of the appendix to decree no. 2…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article D811-1-2

…nd column of the same table: Applicable Provisions As amended byArticle D. 411-1-3 Decree no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020Article D. 411-19-2 Decree no. 2020-225 of 6 March 2020 Articles D. 412-7 to D…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Record of enforcement of the decision requiring the foreign national to leave French territory

Article R711-1

…ode) when crossing the external borders of the States party to the Convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 ;2° The administration stamp when leaving the territories of Guadeloupe, French Guiana,…

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