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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Qualification of experts.

Article R5141-25

The experts referred to in Article L. 5141-16 shall have the following qualifications and experience, set out in a summary of the curriculum vitae attached to the marketing authorisation application d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D2573-29

I. - The articles R. 2311-1 to R. 2311-9 and the articles R. 2311-11 to D. 2311-14 and article D. 2311-16 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Failure to declare or late declaration

Article 1728

…charged to the taxpayer or resulting from the declaration or deed filed late, of an increase of:a. 10% in the absence of a formal notice or in the event that the declaration or deed is filed within t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Agents

Article L775-17

…olumn of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 523-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 523-2, with the exception of its h) Act 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 523-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-25-1

For the application of articles L. 2232-24 and L. 2232-25, the employer informs the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee of its intention to negotiate by any means that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 9: Transfers

Article A743-17

…NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES TURNOVER TRANSMISSION COSTS No employees 66.88 € 1 to 5 employees 72.46 € 6 to 19 employees Less than €750,000 133.75 € Greater than or equal to €750,000 256.36 € 20 to 150 employe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1751

…Repealed). 2. In all cases where a breach of the invoicing rules as provided for in articles L. 441-9 and L. 443-3 of the French Commercial Code (1), the offender's business may be sequestered until t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1772

The lessee may be charged for fortuitous events by express stipulation.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Special deposits.

Article 177

1. Quantities of products cleared through customs for use in special depots which cannot be presented to the customs department during its inspections and whose delivery to users benefiting from the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-29-1

When an application for authorisation concerns a generic medicinal product of a reference medicinal product which has not been authorised in France, the applicant must indicate the Member State of the…

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