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

Article D2333-82-5

Persons operating a casino pursuant to article L. 321-3 du code de la sécurité intérieure must declare and pay levies as follows: 1° For value added tax payers subject to the normal actual taxation re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-8-4

…case provided for in this code and to request the extension of such a contract, as well as the procedures for exercising the right of opposition mentioned in article L. 324-8-2. When it concludes a co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-88-1

…ded for in Article R. 5132-88 is issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-6

…1-8-7. The use of e-services does not exempt the above-mentioned persons from implementing any procedure for monitoring, correcting and preventing errors relating to the organisation of the care of pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-12-8

In application of the provisions of article 706-106-1, the Nanterre Judicial Court has concurrent jurisdiction throughout France with that resulting from the application of articles 43,52and 382 for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3b: Hybrid specialities

Article R5121-9-8

Decisions to include a medicinal product in the register of hybrid groups, to amend these decisions and to remove a medicinal product from this register, governed by this section, are published on the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-7

…ence system drawn up in accordance with the rules laid down in Article L. 1110-4-1 defines the procedures for implementing the obligation to reference health data with the national health identifier p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-8-3

During the withholding period referred to in Article L. 716-8 and in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 716-8-2, the owner of the registered trademark or the beneficiary of the exclusive exploita…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-9

Any breach of the provisions of articles D. 214-80 to D. 214-80-8 is subject to the penalties provided for in the sixth paragraph of article 1763 C of the General Tax Code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-8-4

…aph of article L. 716-8. The ten-day period may be extended by a maximum of ten working days at the duly substantiated request of the applicant. If the time limit is extended, the public prosecutor an…

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