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Showing 57215730 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-5

…medicinal product or product subject to the marketing authorisation provided for in Article L. 5121-8, to registration as a traditional herbal medicinal product or to registration as a homeopathic med…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-13-1

…authorisation for this research of the storage and preparation sites mentioned in Articles L. 4211-8 and L. 4211-9, and it constitutes the import and export authorisation mentioned in Article L. 5124…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Funeral operations

Article R1261-7

…the donor, or by the donor's family or close relations under the conditions of I of article R. 1261-8.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article R642-11

…on the execution of the acts enabling the plan to be implemented in accordance with Article L. 642-8. When he has completed his assignment, he shall file an end-of-assignment report with the registry…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-12

…2333-120-11 an agent who does not satisfy the conditions set out in 1° to 3° of article R. 2333-120-8. The contracting third party shall terminate the duties of an agent as soon as it is aware that th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article R5211-4

…e public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned in articles L. 5211-12 et L. 5721-8 are determined by the provisions of articles R. 5212-1, R. 5214-1, R. 5215-2-1, R. 5216-1, R. 5332…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-36

…der of the ministers responsible for employment and the budget. This deduction may not be less than 8,000 times the hourly wage of a labourer in the construction industry.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-2

…rmation provided by the sponsor in the application for authorisation referred to in article L. 1123-8 and accepted by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The manuf…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 UA

…domiciled in France within the meaning of article 4 B, or companies or groups covered by articles 8 to 8 quinquies whose registered office is located in France, are liable for income tax under the c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-13

…m reciprocal financing between the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 and: a) A related undertaking; b) A participating undertaking; c) Another undertaking related to a…

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