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Showing 31313140 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-16

…fficacy of the veterinary medicinal product, in particular test or trial reports relating to pharmaceutical, non-clinical, clinical or efficacy trials, including the results obtained during these vari…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Decentralised procedure.

Article R5141-47-4

…n order to obtain a marketing authorisation in France and in at least one other Member State of the European Union, for a veterinary medicinal product which does not have any authorisation in the Euro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for road traffic accidents occurring in mainland France, the overseas departments and the territorial collectivity of Mayotte.

Article A421-1

…sole exception of those for which the State has exercised the options provided for in Article 4 of Directive 72/166/EEC of 24 April 1972; d) the State has exercised these powers only in respect of mi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2

…AL ACCIDENTS, IATROGENIC CONDITIONS OR NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE D. 1142-2 I. - NEUROLOGYNeurological deficits should only be assessed after a sufficiently long period of time (gene…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies B

…apply to small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal mar…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis

…vealing the identity of these agents is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros. If such disclosure causes violence, assault or injury to these persons or their spouses, chil…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Points scale for animated works

Article 211-12

For cinematographic works in the animation genre, points are divided into six groups as follows: I.-Production company and authors" group A maximum of 35 points are allocated to the "Production compan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

I. - The regulations governing the fund set up to manage sums invested in application of Title III of Book III of Part III of the Labour Code relating to employee savings plans provide for the establi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 123 bis

…s. 1 shall not apply where the legal entity is established or incorporated in a Member State of the European Union or another State or territory which has concluded with France an administrative assis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-11

…ovided that these contracts have been made compulsory in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 before 1 January 2019 and that their extension is renewed from…

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