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Showing 43214330 of 4521 articles for Art. 20 January 1987

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-7

…and monitoring of rectal drip;19° Dressing, irrigation and monitoring of a wound, fistula or stoma;20° Care and monitoring of a plasty;21° Participation in scar or stoma dilatation techniques;22° Car…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-25

…pean Union or the European Economic Area meet ethical requirements equivalent to those of Directive 2001/20/EC of 4 April 2001; 8° A declaration stating that the manufacturer of the proprietary medici…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-22

…this substance are verified using the appropriate methods set out in articles R. 5121-10 to R. 5121-20. After verifying the usefulness of incorporating the substance into the medical device, taking in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis A

…ed to set aside a provision deductible from taxable income for financial years ending on or after 1 January 1997 and until 31 December 2023, with a view to meeting the following expenses:a) Acquisitio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 nonies: Businesses located in business tax-free zones in overseas departments

Article 44 quaterdecies

…an allowance, up to a limit of €150,000, in respect of each financial year commencing on or after 1 January 2008.The rate of the allowance is set at 50%.III. - The limit and the rate of the allowance…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 quinquies : Capital gains realised on contributions to companies or restructuring of professional non-trading companies

Article 151 octies

…contributions to companies referred to in I and II of this article.IV. (Repealed with effect from 1 January 2000).

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-1 (art. A312-1)

…the public: Precise date // or m Before 1945 m 1945-1964 m 1965-1974 m 1975-1984 m 1985-1994 m 1995-2004 Please rank in ascending order of users according to the number of hours of use (mark the prese…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Remuneration.

Article D6152-612-1

…e development of networking between the establishments mentioned in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service and the cooperation init…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-3

…paper and cigarette-rolling paper free of charge in disregard of the provisions of article L. 3512-20 requiring neutrality and uniformity of packaging units, outer packaging and overwrapping;8° Using…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15° ter : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of press companies.

Article 199 terdecies-0 C

…rticle 4 B, are entitled to an income tax reduction equal to 30% of payments made up to 31 December 2024 in respect of cash subscriptions to the capital of companies subject to corporation tax under o…

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