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Showing 38313840 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-4-1

…3° The research for which the combined fees or joint payment is made concerns issuers whose market capitalisation, for the thirty-six month period preceding the provision of the research, did not exc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article R5211-12-1

For the application of the eighth paragraph of article L. 5211-29, the share of tax potential corresponding to the perimeter of agglomeration communities resulting from the transformation of a new agg…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-12-1

The authorisation application comprises two parts. The first part gives details identifying the applicant, the products whose wholesale is envisaged, the surface areas envisaged by the project as well…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-6

…antitative and qualitative composition in active ingredients and excipients and the same pharmaceutical form as those of a veterinary pharmaceutical product that has obtained a marketing authorisation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-66-12

The processing may be linked to the processing of personal data known as APPI created by Article R. 57-4-1.It may also be linked to the national criminal record.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1599 quater A bis

…shed for each item of rolling stock according to its type and use in accordance with the following scale:CATEGORY OF ROLLING STOCK RATES (in euros) Metro Power car and trailer 14 286 Other equipment S…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-1

…9-1 do not preclude the exceptional use of certain medicinal products for specific therapeutic indications under compassionate access when the following conditions are met:1° The medicinal product is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-12

…ts derivatives during pregnancy, the College of Experts will issue an opinion on the circumstances, causes, nature and extent of these injuries and on the liability of one or more of the persons refer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

I. - 1° The products attached to capitalisation bonds or contracts as well as to investments of the same nature subscribed with insurance companies established in France are, when the bond, contract o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-3

…Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail must indicate : 1° The name or corporate name, address and position of the natural or legal person responsibl…

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