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Showing 22312240 of 4740 articles for Art. 257 bis · CJUE 27 November 2003

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-15

…at the time of donation, the information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 as well as information on the limitations on their rights provided for in III. Benefic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-16

…cant uses information communicated to him by the customs administration, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter, the Customs adm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article L614-37

…cant uses information communicated to him by the customs administration, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter, the Customs adm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-15

…cant uses information communicated to him by the customs administration, notwithstanding Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this chapter, the Customs Adm…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Provisions common to turnover tax and industrial and commercial profits

Article 302 septies A ter B

The provisions of article 302 septies A bis are not applicable to natural or legal persons or to legal or de facto groupings of persons who carry out an occult activity within the meaning of the secon…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VB

…he occasion of a transaction mentioned in article 150-0 B, in the fourth paragraph of article 150 A bis in force prior to the date of enactment of the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 Decembe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-60

Notwithstanding article 10 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020, in centres with a workforce of less than two hundred employees, a specialised committee may be set up within the social co…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Award notice

Article R3125-6

…up in accordance with the model set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 of 11 November 2015 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of the awa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Accounting and financial transactions

Article R121-38

…and Stateless Persons is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.The Office's Director General may set up…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19-3

…up as an accounting group under the conditions laid down inarticle 188 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. An order of the ministers responsible f…

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