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Showing 30113020 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Inclusion on the list of medicinal products for officinal use

Article R5121-202

…bject to prescription under one of the categories provided for in article R. 5121-36 ; 2° The therapeutic indications, the duration of treatment and the information given in the package leaflet allow…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 A

…e tax reduction referred to in I is subject to compliance with Article 21 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal mar…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-7

…the Republic are admitted to trading on a regulated market of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or on a financial instruments market admitting to trading shares that can be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-18

…of this chapter; 8° Collaborating with the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in order to facilitate the…

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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 Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-65

Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are deemed to have the qualification required to manage voluntary sales of furnitur…

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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Rubrique 0

…y proof of the family relationship when the amount of the expenditure is less than or equal to 1000 euros. 02422. Universal legatees 024221. Universal legatee 1. Dispatch of the will . 2. - In the cas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 776

…an international convention or an act adopted on the basis of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a request for communication of criminal or disciplinary penalties imposed on a profe…

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