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

Article R5121-50

…pend or withdraw marketing authorisations; 3° The list of medicinal products referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004; 4°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6141-54

…ing rules of the hospital foundation in compliance with the provisions of amended law no. 87-571 of 23rd July 1987 on the development of sponsorship, article L. 6141-7-3 and this section. The director…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional hospitals

Article D6141-15

…nal de Nîmes ;21° Centre hospitalier régional d'Orléans ;22° Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris ;23° Centre hospitalier régional de Pointe-à-Pitre ;24° Centre hospitalier régional de Poitiers ;25°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-39

…e AMF the requested recovery programme or the training programme referred to in V of Article L. 612-23-1, has not heeded a warning, has not complied with a formal notice or has not complied with the s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R446-3

…rticle R. 421-11, the references to articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-15, L. 421-16 and L. 421-23 as well as the European Blue Card talent passport and the mobility programme researcher talent pa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-3

…public company created by French Polynesia pursuant to Article 29 of Organic Law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia. The second paragraph of Article L. 1521-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 bis

…n the districts concerned, of an urban contract provided for in article 6 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 of programming for the city and urban cohesion and an agreement, appended to the city…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Industrial establishments

Article 1500

…If the threshold defined in B is crossed, the operator shall inform the owner, if different, by 1 February of the year in which the threshold is crossed. II.-Industrial buildings and land are valued…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter B

…rting obligations to one of these other Member States pursuant to Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 5 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Directive 77/799/…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-97

…de. II.-In order to set the rate of the tax, the competent State authority communicates, before 1st February of the year preceding that of taxation, to the communes that request it, the cadastral info…

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