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French General Tax CodeIn force
B : Assessment procedure

Article 1511

I.-Where the assessment rates referred to in article 1510 have not been set by the departmental commission provided for in article 1651, the mayor, duly authorised by the municipal council, is entitle…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions specific to Book V

Article L2645-1

…roject by its signatories;"; 2° In article L. 2512-4, the words: ", provided that this provision is compatible with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union" are deleted; 3° In 5° of Articl…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-6

…roject by its signatories;"; 2° In article L. 2512-4, the words: ", provided that this provision is compatible with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union" are deleted; 3° In 5° of Articl…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-6

…project by its signatories;" 2° In Article L. 2512-4, the words: ", provided that this provision is compatible with the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union" are deleted; 3° In 5° of Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-52

…o control of the finished product when it is imported : 1° From a State that is not a member of the European Community and not party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area ; 2° Or from another…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 I ter

…enovation work, and that the sale price per square metre is less than a price set by decree. If the commitment to use the property is not complied with, the duties not collected at the time of acquisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-4

…inal product authorised on the French market, each of its presentations and, where applicable, each common dispensing unit, is allocated a national identification number. This number is allocated by t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-5

…y of the period set for the experiment, the Government will submit to Parliament, for evaluation, a report accompanied by the observations of the territorial authorities that have taken part in the ex…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-60

…t to the industrial property agent being prosecuted, at least one month before the hearing. It is accompanied by the report filed by the rapporteur. The observations received from the parties are anne…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The proceedings.

Article 870

At the request of the president of the panel, the judge in charge of hearing the case makes an oral report of the case at the hearing before the oral arguments. This report may also be made by the cha…

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