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Showing 48614870 of 6655 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2368/2002

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Participation of private healthcare professionals in the missions and care activities of certain private healthcare establishments

Article R6161-39

…torité de santé and learned societies; 2° The establishment's project, the establishment's internal regulations, and the action programme provided for in article L. 6161-2 concerning the policy of con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations with the health insurance scheme

Article R6223-8

…rating a medical biology laboratory and the partners practising therein are subject to the laws and regulations governing the profession's relationship with the health insurance scheme. In particular,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R6223-87

…f the competent order(s) to which the company belongs, under the conditions defined by the internal regulations of this/these order(s).

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties.

Article 459

1. Any person who contravenes or attempts to contravene the laws and regulations governing financial relations with foreign countries, either by failing to comply with reporting or repatriation obliga…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-3

I.-Within a period to be determined by regulation, the registrar of the court within whose jurisdiction the company participating in the operation is registered shall, after carrying out the verificat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-26

…uditor shall give an account of the specific verifications and information required by the laws and regulations. . 03. The statutory auditor shall provide, in the case of a public interest entity, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the Metropolitan Council and its President

Article L3642-2

…withdraw authorisations for the discharge of non-domestic effluent.Infringements of the sanitation regulations may be investigated and recorded by agents of the disinfection services and the health a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73

…he consumer price index excluding tobacco recorded for the previous year and rounded to the nearest euro. These revalued amounts apply to the determination of taxable income for financial years ending…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-8

…sociation, as well as by the omission or irregular performance of a formality prescribed by law and regulations for the formation of the company. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions and effects of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-3

…ted subject matter and territories defined by the organisation's articles of association or general regulations. The scope of this authorisation is specified in a document to which the rightholder has…

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