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Showing 36113620 of 4740 articles for Art. 257 bis · CJUE 27 November 2003

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-5

…he above-mentioned Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009, any responsible person and any distributor of cosmetic products may report other adve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions.

Article R511-16

…rough profit or loss as defined by IAS 39 mentioned in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 of 3 November 2008 or, where the institution is not subject to international accounting standards, that o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-11

…ity mentioned in Article L. 462-9-1 in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 2020/1784 of 25 November 2020 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-4

…ral guidelines. In addition to the powers conferred on it by Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, it deliberates in particular on: 1° Mul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-5

…ordance with article 111 of directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII ter: Taxation of real estate investment funds

Article 239 nonies

…oned in b of 1° of II of the same article L. 214-81;c) In articles 150 UC to 150 VH and article 244 bis A, for capital gains from the sale for valuable consideration of property and property rights me…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
OA: Non-alcoholic drinks

Article 1613 quater

…the meaning of 2° of article L. 111-4 of the code of taxes on goods and services mentioned in II.I bis.-.The contribution is payable by the person who makes the first delivery of the products mention…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…221-5 Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 2020Chapter III Limited liability companies Article D. 223-27 decree no. 2019-514 of 24 May 2019 Chapter V Public limited companies Article D. 225-104-1Decree…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Intra-Community transactions involving new or second-hand means of transport

Article 298 sexies

…ommunity acquisitions of new means of transport made by persons mentioned in 2° of I of article 256 bis or by any other non-taxable person.II. - The supply by a taxable person of a new means of transp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-22

…ts. The statutes of the unions concerned existing on the date of promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolise…

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