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Showing 10711080 of 2923 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 30 Nov. 2018 – no. 2018-749 QPC

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-25

…d out. This staggering may be accompanied by an advance payment, the amount of which may not exceed 30% of the agreed price. III - For the actions mentioned in 4° of article L. 6313-1, the skills oper…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-5-2

…res for making the declarations provided for in Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 are laid down by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-1

…e provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products or of this Title.Suspension shall be imposed either for a peri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

…hose listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018; 2° If expressly requested by the issuing company or its authorised re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-2

…r authorisation or registration required by the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or this Title, or is placed on the market or used in disregard of those provisions, the Agency…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater L

…le 63 under the organic production method in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-4

…edicated animal feed and intermediate products approved under Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of 11 December 2018 to manufacturers of medicated animal feed and intermediate products.The Minister for Agricultur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1521-2

…Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern Territories in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-137 of 26 February 2018. Articles R. 1111-17 to R. 1111-20 are applicable in the territory…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-1

…y medicinal products in accordance with Articles 93 and 95 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products.Any activity involving the manufacture, import or distribution…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-299

…to open safeguard or receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings opened on or after 26 June 2018, without prejudice to 1° of Article R. 123-298, the following information is also requested to…

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