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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…0 October 2014, where these shares were acquired directly by the undertaking on or before 1 January 2016, or indirectly where the undertaking made an investment on or before 1 January 2016 in shares i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 849-21

…of all or part of the advance that may have been awarded pursuant to the dispositions de l'article 68 de la loi du 18 novembre 2016 susmentionnée. Substitution entails the transfer of the mandate giv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-1

…ment due to their presence on the list established in Annex I of Commission Delegated Regulation No 2016/161 EU of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Regional school equipment grants.

Article L4332-3

In 2008, the amount of the regional allocation for educational facilities is set at 661,841,207 euros.The amount allocated in 2008 to each region exercising the powers defined in article L. 214-6 of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-5

…elating to loans taken out by the beneficiary local authority, establishment or body.From 1 January 2016, sums paid by the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund for the reimbursement of value added tax pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 I

…l property for which planning permission has been obtained between 1 September 2014 and 31 December 2016, evidenced by a notarised deed signed no later than three years after the planning permission i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: Management of funds received as compensation for group members

Article 849-20

…bject to the Article 240 of Decree no. 91-1197 of 27 November 1991, any sum received under Articles 68 and 74 of the aforementioned Act of 18 November 2016 shall be immediately deposited by the plaint…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-4

…nsidered equivalent if :1° They meet the requirements set out in Commission Delegated Regulation No 2016/161 EU of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-22

…With regard to personal data, the trader shall comply with his obligations under Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

…as are Articles L. 5141-1 to L. 5141-3 , subject to the adaptations set out in II. Articles L. 5132-6 and L. 5132-7 shall apply to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2020-1525 of…

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