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Showing 34613470 of 36882 articles for Art. Décret 2015-587 du 29-5-2015

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditions of application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article R711-5

…ving the same purpose;2° References to the provisions of the General Tax Code, the Book of Tax Procedures, the Customs Code and those relating to tax and customs administration are replaced by referen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-52

Each batch of medicinal products or products benefiting from the authorisations or registration provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 5124-49 is subject, in France, to control of the fini…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-51

Practitioners covered by these Staff Regulations may be seconded either at their own request or automatically.Secondment on request may only take place in one of the following cases:1° Secondment to a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-5

…enera or species ; 2° Where applicable, if the application relates to a variety whose commercial production requires the repeated use of a protected variety, the written authorisation of the holder of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article L2333-54

…e mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article L. 2333-55-1 exceeds 83.5%, the rate of the State levy is reduced so that the total of the two levies is 83.5%. When the rate of the communal levy added to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2 : Management and administration of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-58

…ts and commitments analysed;6° A list of the agreements and commitments entered into and authorised during previous financial years, the performance of which continued during the last financial year a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Dimensions

Article R1331-57

…are metres per person and the air volume must not be less than 11 cubic metres per person. 3° Individual exemptions to the surface area and volume requirements laid down in the previous paragraphs may…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External fire protection

Article R2225-5

Prior to setting the measures provided for in article R. 2225-4, a communal external fire defence scheme may be drawn up by the mayor.This scheme, drawn up in accordance with the departmental regulati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Approval of professional associations

Article R519-54

To be considered as representative within the meaning of I of article L. 519-13, a professional association must have paid-up members representing at least 10% of the total number of professionals sub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Establishments manufacturing, importing or distributing medicated feed.

Article R5142-55

…lar checks to ensure that it is homogeneous, stable and well preserved, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the decision provided for in Article L. 5142-3; b) It must be kept for the period…

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