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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-11

The application for authorisation must be accompanied, where appropriate, by a copy of the documents representing authorisation or approval issued by the competent authorities of the State in which th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation of the company

Article R6223-71

The corporate name of the société coopérative de biologistes médicaux must appear in all documents and correspondence issued by it, followed by the designation "société coopérative de biologistes médi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter VIII ter: Turnover tax on farmers

Article 302 bis MB

…d to farmers in respect of direct support allocated in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009, excluding turnover from forestry, shellfish farming and freshwater fishing…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1665 bis

…Articles 199 quindecies, 199 sexdecies, 199 sexvicies, 199 septvicies, 199 novovicies, 199 tricies, 200 and 200 quater B, regularised when the tax is settled, after any various tax credits have been d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

…Articles L. 5132-6 and L. 5132-7 shall apply to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action. Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R742-15

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 221-12008-1263 of 4 December 2008R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1No. 2020…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R743-15

…and column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from the decree R. 221-1 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1 No. 20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R744-15

…and column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from the decree R. 221-1 2008-1263 of 4 December 2008 R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1 No. 20…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-47

…comes under the trades and crafts sector pursuant to the first paragraph of I of article 19 of law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the development and promotion of trade and crafts. The natural…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115 A

…ended investment company with a majority of real estate assets referred to in 3° nonies of Article 208 by a property investment fund referred to in Article 239 nonies, the allocation of securities to…

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