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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-20

…of good practice designed to guarantee biological safety and security mentioned in article R. 5139-18.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies C

…ea and to electricity production facilities using wind mechanical energy installed before 1 January 2019, provided for in Article 1519 D ; b) Upon deliberation by the municipality in which the install…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII ter: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of inland waterway vessels used to transport goods

Article 238 sexdecies

…ons of the first paragraph is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-3 du code de la consommation

…ne of up to 300,000 euros, which may be increased to 10% of average annual turnover (article L. 242-18-1 of the French Consumer Code). The consumer also benefits from the legal guarantee against hidde…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-4 du code de la consommation

…ne of up to 300,000 euros, which may be increased to 10% of average annual turnover (article L. 242-18-1 of the French Consumer Code). The consumer also benefits from the legal guarantee against hidde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article L613-44

…nt firms, in accordance with the applicable requirement set out in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 multiplied by 12.5 ; 2° And the measure of the total exposure of the relevant resolution e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Application to vary a marketing authorisation requiring an assessment

Article D5141-56

…41-8 for changes assessed under the worksharing procedure pursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General information

Article 1586

…rticle 1379-0 bis; 2° For the application of this II to planning permission issued from 1st January 2019, the City of Paris is substituted for the Department of Paris. The revenue collected in this re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-138-1

For the application of article L. 3332-18 of the French Labour Code relating to capital increases reserved for members of a company savings plan, where the general meeting has waived preferential subs…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quinquies : Tax reduction granted for the capital financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 199 unvicies

…d for the subscriptions mentioned in 1, retained within the limit of 25% of overall net income and €18,000.3. The tax reduction is equal to 30% of the sums withheld in 2.The rate mentioned in the firs…

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