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Showing 110 of 9558 articles for Art. 8 nov. 2016

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2016

The settlor or trustee may be the beneficiary or one of the beneficiaries of the trust agreement.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 novodecies

…se of their respective missions relating to border crossings, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 novovicies

…257 ;3° Housing that does not meet the decency requirements, as set out in the article 6 of law n° 89-462 of 6 July 1989 tending to improve rental relations and amending law n° 86-1290 of 23 December…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…anuary 2021 and 30 June 2023 and is preceded by a financing agreement accepted by the lessee as of 28 September 2020, and no later than 31 December 2022, and which are allocated by the lessee to its c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

…arketed in physical distribution networks and online mentioned in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the growth and transformation of businesses. Gross gaming revenue is m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-8 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 822-29)

Article Annexe 8-8

…in Articles 2 and 3, against the pecuniary consequences of civil liability as defined in Article L. 822-17 and in the second paragraph of article L. 823-13 which he may incur. Article 2 The following…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article R5141-87

The companies referred to in article R. 5142-1 are prohibited from directly or indirectly providing users and persons authorised to prescribe or dispense medicinal products with premiums, objects or p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article R5141-88

I.-The marketing authorisation holders and the companies mentioned in article R. 5142-1 may only issue free samples of veterinary medicinal products to veterinarians who make a prior written request.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article R5141-84

Advertising of veterinary medicinal products to the public is authorised. However, it is prohibited for prescription medicines in application of article L. 5143-5.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article R5141-85

…ising of veterinary medicinal products to the natural or legal persons mentioned in article R. 5141-83 must include at least the following information: 1° The name of the medicinal product ; 2° The in…

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