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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-8

…The administrative, budgetary, financial and accounting system of the Agency and the State control to which it is subject; 2° The rules applicable to the Agency's contract staff; 3° The private activ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-8

The regulatory measures provided for in articles L. 6141-1, L. 6141-2, L. 6141-6 and L. 6141-7 and, unless otherwise provided and where necessary, the procedures for applying the other provisions of t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Stores and customs clearance areas.

Article 82 ter

1. The admission of goods to warehouses or customs clearance areas is subject to the submission by the operator of a summary declaration or document in lieu thereof. 2. This admission has the effect o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-12

Curatorship ends: 1° By the allocation of all assets to the payment of debts and legacies; 2° By the realisation of all assets and the consignment of the net proceeds; 3° By the restitution of the est…

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

Article L951-8

For the application of article L. 145-6, the words: "the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-4-2 of the town planning code" are replac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Proof of pre-employment declaration

Article R1221-8

The employer keeps the notice of receipt until the declaration provided for in article R. 243-14 of the Social Security Code for non-agricultural employees and article R. 741-2 of the Rural and Mariti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-8

…Placing on the market, free of charge or for consideration, a veterinary medicinal product subject to the provisions of Articles 5 and 86 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and Articles L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 quater

…of more than twelve months from the date on which the divorce agreement by mutual consent referred to in article 229-1 of the same code became enforceable or the divorce decree, whether or not it res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-8

…on (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009, and distributors, as defined in Article 2(1)(e) of the same Regulation, failing to report to the Agence national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-8

The acts necessary for the conservation of the debtor's rights and the preservation of his assets are the subject of a report submitted to the judge assigned, a copy of which is sent to the Public Pro…

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