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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-26

Each time a change is made to one of the elements listed in Article D. 6221-24, the declaration provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 6211-2 as it read prior to the entry into force of Or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-28

For the application of 4° and 5° of I ofArticle 7 of Order no. 2010-49 of 13 January 2010 as amended relating to medical biology, at least one examination per family of medical biology examinations sh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-27

Withdrawal of authorisation may be ordered by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency where it has been established, through an inspection carried out pursuant to Article L. 6231-1, that th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-29

The medical biology laboratory shall inform the regional health agency within whose jurisdiction it is located electronically that it has obtained accreditation for the various percentages set out in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Freedom to provide services within the territory of Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D420-6

…n one month, in accordance with the procedure and conditions laid down in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a Eu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 quinquies

…ent in the result of which the income and profits are included are located in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which has co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 C

…France when such income is paid:a) By a debtor established outside France in a Member State of the European Union or in another State or territory that has concluded with France an administrative ass…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-1-1 (TO ARTICLES A. 811-25 and A. 812-24)

Article Annexe 8-1-1

I. - List of acts performed by the trainee pursuant to article A. 811-25 : - mission of assistance to the debtor in safeguard or receivership proceedings; - mission of supervision of the debtor in saf…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14°: Mutual funds

Article 137 bis

I. The sums or securities distributed by a mutual fund, excluding the distributions mentioned in 7 and 7a of II of article 150-0 A and the allocation of mutual fund units received as part of a demerge…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-39

Where they are unable to respond to a request for information or where they refuse to respond to such a request for one of the reasons provided for in articles 695-9-39 to 695-9-42, the departments an…

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