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Showing 31213130 of 4329 articles for Art. CE 24 juin 2013 n° 350451

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-51

…company mentioned in 5°, 7° and 9° of article R. 5142-1 declares to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail the territory…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Recovery.

Article 345 bis

…at the date of the operations constituting the chargeable event, it may not declare by way of a notice of assessment and recover the duties and taxes collected according to the terms of this code, by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
30°: Tax credit for expenses incurred by certain farmers to replace their employees on leave

Article 200 undecies

I. - Individual taxpayers whose tax residence is in France within the meaning of Article 4 B and whose income is taxed in the agricultural profits category are entitled to a tax credit in respect of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3

In this Code : 1° "Home Member State" means : a) in the case of non-life insurance, the Member State of the European Union in which the head office of the insurance undertaking covering the risk is si…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…lk sale is prohibited for the following products: 1° Heat-treated liquid dairy products, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs

Article R412-18

…es and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety; 2° The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Regulation (EC) No 178…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 D

…sis, establish themselves or group together on a site distinct from their usual professional residence and located in a commune meeting the conditions of the same 1° or in an area characterised by an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article R754-1

…m the decreeR. 312-1no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1232-1

…roupings. a) One representative appointed after consultation with the Association des maires de France; > b) One representative appointed after consultation with the Association des maires de France b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-57

…al or legal persons, the collège de résolution and the collège de supervision may, for the performance of their prevention and resolution duties, exchange information covered by professional secrecy w…

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