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Showing 12811290 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 quater B

…ings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in Chapter II of the loi n° 2011-525 du 17 mai 2011 de simplification et d'amélioration de la qualité du droit do not fall within the scope…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-17

Officers are empowered to carry out checks on the conformity of fresh fruit and vegetables with the marketing standards provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1798 ter

…obligations laid down in Articles 28 to 30 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 13 to 20 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 sup…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-17

…ons of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Reunion exercise the powers defined in Articles L. 611-16 and L. 611-17 of the Mining Code.The State services involved in exercising the powers transferred to the region…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of members of the dental assisting profession

Article D4393-17

…of professional practice of persons authorised to practise the profession of dental assistant shall carry out the registration provided for in article L. 4393-17 on the basis of the training certifica…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-17

…ided for in the same article shall have permanent access to the file and to the place where it is located.The authority managing the file shall send him an annual activity report and, at his request,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-3

…The amendments made do not extend the subject-matter of the patent beyond the contents of the application as filed or, where the patent has been granted on the basis of a divisional application, do n…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article D131-23-1

…dice to the allowances mentioned in article R. 131-21, an allowance may be paid to the sports technical advisor, up to an annual amount set in the framework agreement mentioned in article R. 131-23, e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for the departure from national territory of human body parts or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they do not have the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 1243-2

Article R1245-17

…ty to the Agreement on the European Economic Area must send the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, before they leave national territory, a dossier containing the foll…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-17

…isation, the producer, the operator or the distributor of health products or the promoter of biomedical research whose liability has been called into question by the claimant and to his insurer. When…

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