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Showing 17411750 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

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

Article R1541-2

…resulting from Decree No. 2016-1067 of 3 August 2016, with the exception of III of Article R. 1111-18, subject to the following adaptations:1° In Article R. 1111-17, the last sentence of the first pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 1019

…e conditions provided for in the fifth paragraph of article 42-3 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication is subject to a tax based on the value of the securities c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-3

…of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Cou…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-17-1

…2 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986. This letter shall include the information provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-33

…referred to in the same article.Notwithstanding Articles 42 et seq. of Act 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, when the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1411 bis

…2 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986, is calculated pro rata to the length of time the premises were used to accommodate employees a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-121

When applying the 20% ratio mentioned in article R. 214-86 to the undertakings for collective real estate investment mentioned in article R. 214-120, account is also taken, for the application of III…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-11

When the court pronounces personal bankruptcy or the prohibition provided for in Article L. 653-8, it shall set the duration of the measure, which may not exceed fifteen years. It may order provisiona…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Foodstuffs intended for special medical purposes

Article L5137-1

…ecial medical purposes and total daily ration replacements for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 sexies A

…ithin the meaning of the fourth to sixth paragraphs of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to the freedom of communication and subject to corporation tax may benefit from a tax…

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