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Showing 70017010 of 10201 articles for Art. CE 29-9-1989 n° 68212

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-11

At the end of the Community arbitration procedure implemented in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 5121-51-8 and R. 5121-51-9, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Inclusion on the list of medicinal products for officinal use

Article R5121-203

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, by reasoned decision, refuse to include a medicinal product on the list referred to in Article R. 5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article R5141-82-1

Only veterinary medicinal products for which the authorisation referred to in article L. 5141-5 or the registration referred to in article L. 5141-9 has been obtained or which benefit from a parallel…

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

Article D6211-16

For the application of article L. 6222-2, the supply of medical biology examinations for a zone defined in b of 2° of article L. 1434-9 corresponds to the total number of examinations mentioned in 1°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater Q

…thin the meaning of 1 of article 92 or a civil activity subject to corporation tax, and by way of exception to the provisions of II of article 238 quater P, the transfer of assets or rights from the t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-6

The State and the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy exercise, each insofar as it is concerned, their right of ownership over their public domain and their private domain. The local authority's domain i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 UD

The provisions of I and 4° to 9° of II of Article 150 U, of I of l'article 150 UA, of the I of article 150 UB and article 150 UC apply to capital gains realised on the transfer for valuable considerat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: BORDER CONTROLS

Article L331-1

In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Sc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-5

…° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of article L. 232-9-3 is two years. This period may be reduced by up to half, depending on the degree of the athlete's fault, except where frequent last-minute…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-8

…of €150,000. The amount of the fine may be increased to 50% of the expenses incurred for the practice constituting the offence.

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