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Showing 21212130 of 2350 articles for Art. CA Rouen 28 February 1991

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…ndable and indelible: 1° The name of the medicinal product or product, the strength, the pharmaceutical form and, where appropriate, a reference to the recipient ("infants", "children" or "adults"), a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640

…n before 1st October of the year preceding that of its creation, the municipalities and, where applicable, the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status participatin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-27-1

…anent employees in the company and its direct or indirect subsidiaries whose registered office is located in France, or at least five thousand permanent employees in the company and its direct or indi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: FIAs open to non-professional investors

Article L742-8

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-8

…shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 A

…The municipalities in whose territory one or more priority neighbourhoods for city policy are located or their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may e…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-1

…s provided for in this Title, the following provisions of the regulatory part of this Code are applicable to Wallis and Futuna:1° Book I, with the exception of the second paragraph of Article R. 112-4…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Alcoholic beverages

Article R412-21

…of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications relating to spirit drinks, and the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R442-3

For the application of the provisions of this book in Saint-Barthélemy: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicabl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1541-1

I.- Pursuant to article 6-2 of organic law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia and article 7 of organic law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polyne…

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