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Showing 47514760 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZL

…who avail themselves of one of the special schemes mentioned in Articles 359 and 369 ter of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, on the annex to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Information for guests.

Article R1112-2

…lthcare professionals; p) Correspondence exchanged between healthcare professionals; q) The advance directives referred to in article L. 1111-11 or, where applicable, a mention of their existence and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article R561-38-7

…provided for by the regulatory technical standard adopted pursuant to paragraph 6 of Article 45 of Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3-1

…f the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC, which they stock to distributors of investigational medicinal products, pharma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

…ity receives a referral from the European Central Bank in accordance with the provisions of Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, the supervisory board shall initia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Activity and positions.

Article R6152-418-3

…n 4°, is on the list drawn up in application of article 28 of the aforementioned decree of 14 March 1986, and which requires costly and prolonged treatment and care, making it impossible for him/her t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R764-3

…cal arrangements for the compensation of the financial imbalances resulting from the application of Directive 2001/40/EC on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third-country nation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1391 B ter

…ms mentioned in a of 1° of the same IV and increased by the amount:a) Of the sums mentioned in a of 18° and 18° bis of article 81 and the sums due to employees mentioned in l'article 163 bis AA, subje…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 F

…ed to in I of this article is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: French Development Agency

Article R515-19

…oard of Directors may delegate some of its powers mentioned in 3°, 4°, 5° and 12° of article R. 515-18, to the extent that it determines, to the following three specialised committees:1° The specialis…

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