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Showing 16311640 of 27387 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 14-DCC-167 du 13 Nov 2014

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Notice

Article R5121-148

The presence of an information leaflet for the user in the packaging of any medicinal product or product is compulsory, unless the information referred to in article R. 5121-149 appears directly on th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-14

The clinical selection of donors referred to in article R. 1211-13 is supplemented for any removal or collection of elements and products of the human body for therapeutic purposes by medical biology…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 H

…activity falling within the scope of the business property tax.In the event of a change of operator during an exemption period, the exemption is maintained for the remaining period and under the condi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-14

…contrôle prudentiel et de résolution only where it meets the requirements set out in Article R. 352-13 and the following conditions: a) Its limited scope is duly justified by the undertaking concerned…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 quinquies

…e for property tax on built-up properties.IV. - (repealed)V. - In the event of a change of operator during the period in which the allowance applies, the benefit of the allowance is maintained if the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-5

…r by Article 723-8. It may also be carried out under mobile electronic surveillance, using the procedure provided for by article 763-12, if the person is indicted for an offence punishable by more tha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medical biology laboratory activity

Article D6211-14

…it is established, the total number of medical biology examinations, as defined in Article D. 6211-13, that it has performed during the previous calendar year. This declaration distinguishes : 1° The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article D784-13

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 614-1n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 614-2No. 2014-1316 of 3 November 2014D. 614-3no. 2005-1007 of 2 A…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-14

…oitation rights independently of one another, on pain of invalidity. As an exception to Article L. 613-9, the transfer or amendment of the rights attached to the French patent application or to the Fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 J

…benefit from the exemption provided for in article 1463 B, in the same proportions and for the same duration as the latter.II.-Communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with th…

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