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Showing 73517360 of 9794 articles for Art. CJEU – C-64/21 – 13 Oct. 2022

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Local hospitals

Article R6111-25

I.-The accreditation procedure is regional. The list of local hospitals is drawn up for each region by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. The establishment or site applying for inclus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-39

…craftsmen, shopkeepers and the liberal professions;12° One representative of farmers' trade unions;13° A representative of the mutualité française ;14° The head of the organisation representing, at r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-4

…of the control methods used by the manufacturer; 12° Chemical, pharmaceutical and biological data; 13° In the case of a combination of herbal substances, herbal preparations or the presence of vitami…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater Y

5° 80% of the tax advantage provided by the tax reduction applied to the investment and by the deduction of the deficit arising from the rental of the property acquired and the capital loss realised o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable companies and local authorities.

Article 206

…tained in force in the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments, unions governed by articles L. 2131-1 to L. 2136-2 of the French Labour Code, public interest foundations, company foundations, endo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 quindecies

…covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code in its version prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private equit…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-18

…legating federation, of an application setting out the two programmes mentioned in 3° of article L. 131-15: 1° A sports excellence programme which defines the federal strategy for preparing French tea…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of settlement.

Article 350

The customs administration is authorised to settle with persons prosecuted for customs offences or for infringement of the laws and regulations relating to financial relations with foreign countries,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-4

Public health establishments and the health establishments mentioned in b, c and d of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code may only invoice the patient for the costs corresponding to the ca…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1 : Application for a cinema licence

Article R211-3

The application for a cinematographic licence is submitted by the producer of the work or document, or by an authorised representative, at least one month before the date scheduled for the first publi…

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