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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IX : The Greater Paris Metropolis

Article L5219-10

…ities or public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status existing on 31 December 2014 which participate in the exercise of the competences of the Greater Paris metropoli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article R1245-34

…s produits de santé is responsible for :1° Assigning the code defined in a of 2° of Article R. 1245-31 to the establishments it authorises pursuant to Article L. 1243-2, the first and second paragraph…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 tervicies

…e restoration of the building has been declared to be in the public interest pursuant to Article L. 313-4 of the town planning code;2° - until 31 December 2023, located in a run-down old quarter delim…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies A

…he date of promulgation of the loi n° 2003-660 du 21 juillet 2003 de programme pour l'outre-mer and 31 December 2017 for the investments mentioned in a to d, f and g of 2 and between the date of promu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

…t is equal to or greater than six years for bonds or contracts taken out between 1 January 1983 and 31 December 1989 and eight years for bonds or contracts taken out from 1 January 1990, the following…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L351-7

…ding indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 314-1 to L. 314-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016 L. 314-5 Resulting from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Expenditure

Article L2573-41

…132-5 et L. 132-15 du code de l'urbanisme" are deleted;5° 4° bis, 12°, 15°, 21°, 22°, 25°, 26° and 31° are deleted.III. - For the application of Article L. 2321-3, the dates: "1997" and "1 January 19…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-33

…an origin ;2° The structure of the unique donation number referred to in b of 2° of Article R. 1245-31 and the legal and natural persons responsible for affixing this number.The practical procedures f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5121-51

…Commission pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, in more than one Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2

By way of derogation from Article 11, the Anti-Terrorist Public Prosecutor, for investigation or prosecution proceedings initiated on the basis of one or more offences falling within the scope of Arti…

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