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Showing 25312540 of 2870 articles for Art. 27 April 2011

French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Tax on hydrocarbon exploration

Article 1590

…with the department responsible for their registered office or main establishment no later than 25 April of the year during which the tax provided for in this article is due. The declaration includes…

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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 Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Good repute

Article L212-9

…II of Title I of Book III of the Internal Security Code;10° Articles L. 212-14, L. 232-25 to L. 232-27, L. 241-2 to L. 241-5 and L. 332-3 to L. 332-13 of this Code.II. - Furthermore, no one may teach,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fees for access to Nordic sites developed for non-motorised snow sports.

Article L422-8

…e departmental, interdepartmental or regional association created in application of articles L. 342-27 to L. 342-29 of the Tourism Code may collect, on behalf of and at the request of the municipaliti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 C

…Financial Code, profits from repos carried out under the conditions provided for by articles L. 211-27 to L. 211-34 of the same code; 5° Remuneration equivalent to interest or agios, the list of which…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L595-2

…pecial reception needs pursuant to Chapter II of Title II, or" are deleted; 5° 1° of Article L. 531-27 is not applicable; 6° The last paragraph of Article L. 531-41 a is deleted; 7° In the first parag…

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