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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Decentralised procedure.

Article R5141-47-4

…ds the States concerned and the applicant a draft assessment report on the medicinal product, which may be unfavourable, accompanied by draft summaries of product characteristics, labelling and packag…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 quater A

…urpose of purchasing all or part of the capital of a company, under the conditions mentioned in II, may benefit from a tax credit.For each financial year, the tax credit is equal to a percentage of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Local investment support grant

Article L2334-42

…tatus or the territorial and rural balance cluster mentioned in article L. 5741-1. These operations may concern actions designed to promote accessibility to services and healthcare, to develop attract…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278-0 bis A

…The hirer keeps the other copy, together with the invoices or notes relating to the services, until 31 December of the fifth year following the issue of the invoices. The hirer is jointly and severall…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-1

…intments made pursuant to articles L. 823-4 of the French Commercial Code and L. 214-7-2, L. 214-24-31, L. 214-133, L. 214-162-5 and L. 612-43 of the Monetary and Financial Code. In these cases, the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter A

…ach lot; III. III -The declaration provided for in I must be submitted electronically no later than 31 January of the year following that in which the transactions were carried out.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-29

…ising, at any stage of the procedure, the powers of the central body provided for in Article L. 511-31. They shall ensure that holders of equity securities and creditors ranking pari passu or enjoying…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Acts and formalities relating to the seizure of immovable property and sale by auction

Article A444-193

The formalities carried out in relation to the seizure of immovable property and licitation by judicial auction give rise to the collection of the following fees: NUMBER OF THE SERVICE (table 6 of art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation, transformation and abolition of public health establishments.

Article R6141-13

…be elected is that which results from the total number of staff in the establishments concerned on 31st March of the year preceding the creation of the new establishment. As soon as the results of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5

…nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, in application of article L. 1243-2, may obtain, for therapeutic purposes, tissues, their derivatives and cells from the human body, what…

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