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Showing 13711380 of 36505 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2020/1503 du 7-10-2020

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information for consumers of packaged natural mineral water

Article R1322-44-10

…stributed free of charge shall include, in addition to the particulars provided for in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011, as am…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Valuation of assets

Article R343-10

…on the basis of their purchase or cost price, excluding accrued interest where applicable. The procedures for determining this purchase price or cost price, as well as those for determining depreciati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External fire protection

Article R2225-10

…establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status when it is competent.The procedures for and frequency of these operational reconnaissances are defined in the departmental regulat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-10

…opy of the company's Articles of Association and, if any have been drawn up, its internal rules and regulations, as well as, where applicable, a copy of the deed of incorporation;2° A certificate of r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R937-10

The acts listed in tables 2 to 6 of the Annex 7-5 of Book VII give rise to the collection of a fee for services rendered by the revenue office set up at the registry of the Noumea court of first insta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-10

The operators referred to in Article L. 321-4 shall keep a daily register pursuant to Articles 321-7 and 321-8 of the Penal Code as well as a directory in which they record their minutes. They must ke…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Information provided by the promoter

Article R1123-70

When research involving the human person is conducted in an establishment with an in-house pharmacy, the sponsor must provide the pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy with the following information be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Information provided by the promoter

Article R1123-71

…arch involving the human person referred to in Article R. 1123-20 ; 2° Where applicable, the pharmaceutical form, batch number(s) and expiry date of the medicinal product(s) required for the research;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Employers employing casual entertainment workers

Article R6331-73

…article R. 6323-14-4, for training actions benefiting intermittent employees in the entertainment industry. III - The number of intermittent employees in the entertainment industry is not taken into a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-10

…trading companies may be formed either between specialist doctors or between general practitioners, duly registered with the Medical Register, governed by articles 1832 et seq. of the Civil Code, law…

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