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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Subcontracting of preparations to a pharmaceutical manufacturing establishment

Article R5125-33-3

…lth risk, as mentioned in the Order of the Minister for Health provided for in Article L. 5125-1-1. II-The written subcontracting contract referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 5125-1 betwe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-16-2

…cle L. 114-8 of the Social Security Code, provident institutions and their unions governed by Title III of Book IX of the Social Security Code and mutual insurers and unions of mutual insurers governe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4

…protocols must meet the essential quality and safety requirements referred to in Article L. 4011-2.II.-The director of the health care organisation will forward data relating to protocol monitoring i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations of investment services providers

Article D775-21

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1754

…d litigation of penalties calculated on a tax are governed by the provisions applicable to that tax.II. - The recovery and litigation of other penalties are governed by the provisions applicable to tu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-2

…nly be exercised by a collective management organisation. If this organisation is governed by Title II of Book III, it must be approved for this purpose by the minister responsible for culture.If the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 10: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services

Article R211-51

…ce guaranteeing the pecuniary consequences of professional civil liability as provided for in 2° of II of article L. 211-18. Where necessary, a French translation of these documents is attached. Where…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article R2213-1-1

…onic medium, and sent to the same recipient as the medical section, under the conditions defined in III of Article R. 2213-1-2.II. - The administrative section and the medical section are drawn up by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules for extension and enlargement

Article D2261-3

…ioned in article L. 2261-19 as from receipt of the information mentioned in the fourth paragraph of II of article R. 243-43-2 of the Social Security Code. If the organisation that submitted the reques…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 271

…ted from the tax due by the taxpayer in respect of the month during which the right to deduct arose.II. - 1. Insofar as the goods and services are used for the purposes of their taxable transactions,…

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