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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-18

…ications for extensions as defined in 4° of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing authorisation…

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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 R595-3

…or General of the French Office for Immigration and Integration is deleted;8° bis In article R. 532-28-2, the reference to the second paragraph of article 1367 of the Civil Code is replaced by a refer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

…epreneurs, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and Directive (EU) 2019/1937 ;11° Regulation (EU) 2021/23 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a framework for the rec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 995

…ive source of energy is electricity and whose registration certificate was issued as from 1 January 2021, including the part relating to the obligation to insure the circulation of land motor vehicles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

…d L. 3215-2 shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-998 of 30 July 2021 on the prevention of acts of terrorism and intelligence, subject to the ada…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-5

…salarié détaché ICT (famille)" ("seconded ICT employee (family)") as provided for in Article L. 421-28; 14° A multiannual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché mobile ICT (famille)" ("se…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Deduction of certain social security contributions and group insurance premiums

Article 154 bis-0 A

…Financial Code made into a retirement savings plan mentioned in article L. 224-13 or article L. 224-28 of the same code or into a French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 258

…cial scheme provided for in Section 4 of Chapter 6 of Title XII of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax; c) At the time of arrival of the shipment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L239-1

…und, an innovation mutual fund or a local investment fund mentioned respectively in articles L. 214-28, L. 214-30 and L. 214-31of the Monetary and Financial Code. On pain of nullity, the shares or uni…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Renegotiation clause

Article L441-8

…iod provided for in the third paragraph, and unless recourse is made to arbitration, Article L. 631-28 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code is applied without the contract being able to provide for…

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