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Showing 25412550 of 3917 articles for Art. 31 January 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-33

…e quality control has led to the reporting of a risk of incident as provided for in Article R. 5212-31, the operator shall notify the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
X : Special arrangements for the declaration and payment of value added tax on importation

Article 298 sexdecies I

…ter of the operations covered by this special scheme.This register shall be kept for ten years from 31 December of the year of the operation.This register shall be made available to the tax or customs…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 B bis

…assified in the second and sixth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and located in the wetlands defined in 1° of I of article L. 211-1 of the Environme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1 - Organisation of the fund for financing and managing the individual training rights of local elected representatives

Article R1621-4

…esentatives is to manage the individual right to training provided for by articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1, L. 7227-12-1 and the article L. 121-37-1 of the New Caledonia…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-12-2

…m local authorities and their public establishments pursuant to article 88-2 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service. Authorisation may be withd…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mountain refuges.

Article D326-1

…fuge is located in a mountain area within the meaning of Chapter I of Title I of Law no. 85-30 of 9 January 1985 on the development and protection of mountains.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Taxes, levies and other income allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image)

Article L116-5

…a et de l'image animée :1° Proceeds from the reimbursement of advances on receipts granted before 1 January 1996 for the production of cinematographic works and, where applicable, proceeds from the li…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-27

…t has absolute effect subject to third party opposition. In respect of patents applied for before 1 January 1969, the revocation shall apply to the parts of the patent determined by the operative part…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of income and capital gains in the event of transfer of domicile outside France

Article 167

…the flat-rate fixed for the previous year, adjusted to the length of the period elapsed between 1st January and the date of departure, will be taken into account where applicable. 1 bis. Repealed 2. R…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-11

No reconciliation or connection within the meaning of the article 33 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms may not be made between the file provided for in…

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