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Showing 26912700 of 3138 articles for Art. 25 April 1990

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 L

…as a result of a general security measure;c) The operations provided for by Order no. 45-610 of 10 April 1945 setting out the procedures for applying the legislation on reconstruction and by Order no…

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

Article L621-22

…in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements for statutory audits of public interest entities and repealing C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-1

…m the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, in particular as regards unemployment ins…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3

…rred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 shall be placed on the market or put into service in accordance with Article 5 of that Re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-23

…produits de santé the information mentioned in Annex III of Commission Directive (EU) 2015/566 of 8 April 2015 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC as regards procedures for verifying equivalent quality…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3-1

…thin the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

…32-21to L. 232-23, the accounting documents mentioned in these same articles and in articles L. 232-25 and L. 232-26 ; 4° For the companies and entities mentioned in 1° of article L. 561-45-1 of the M…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73 B

…entioned in I is subject to compliance with Article 18 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 702/2014 of 25 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid in the agriculture and forestry sectors and in rura…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation of a payment transaction

Article L133-8

…of direct debits and without prejudice to the right to reimbursement referred to in Article L. 133-25, the payer may revoke the payment order no later than the end of the business day preceding the d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis AA

…itions set out in Article L. 3324-12 of the aforementioned code. The provisions of articles L. 3332-25 and L. 3332-26 of this code are then applicable.Income from sums allocated by way of profit-shari…

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