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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4222-4-4

I. - The competent regional or central council shall, at its request, declare the temporary omission from the roll of the pharmacist who ceases to practise this profession and does not engage in any o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I: Definition of overall net income

Article 1 A

…not opted for the partnership tax regime under the conditions set out in IV of Article 3 of Decree no. 55-594 of 20 May 1955 as amended and of the managers of limited partnerships with shares and, on…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-8

…integrity and security, the personal data and information mentioned in 2° of the appendix to Decree no. 2010-236 of 5 March 2010 within eight days of the transmission by the authorised and sworn agent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II. Declarations made by insurance companies, provident institutions, associations and mutual societies

Article 1649 ter

…h year in respect of these contracts:1° For non-redeemable life insurance contracts taken out since 20 November 1991, the cumulative amount of premiums paid between the policyholder's seventieth birth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The People's Savings Plan.

Article R221-70

…gs Plan under the Insurance Code are life insurance operations which come under classes of activity 20, 22, 23 and 26 of article R. 321-1 of this code and which include a surrender value or reduction…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation, transfer or regrouping

Article R5125-4

…documents. During this period, the benefit of the rules on precedence, laid down in Article L. 5125-20, attached to the initial application is retained. The Director General of the Regional Health Age…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…expenditure mentioned in 1° to 6° of article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-10

…ution to the financing of this project.Without prejudice to the application of the article 9 of law no. 2003-710 of 1 August 2003 d'orientation et de programmation pour la ville et la rénovation urbai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-1

…tions and procedures laid down in Articles L. 6211-2, L. 6211-7 to L. 6211-9, L. 6211-11 to L. 6211-20 and L. 6211-22; 3° Invoicing, by a medical biology laboratory, for medical biology tests in breac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68

…21 and R. 5121-25 or, failing these, the brochure for the investigator mentioned in article R. 1123-20 and the technical dossier mentioned in 3° of article R. 1123-30; 3° The reasons for the applicati…

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