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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262 ter

I. - The following are exempt from value added tax:1° The supply of goods dispatched or transported within the territory of another Member State of the European Union to another taxable person or to a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 quater

Value added tax is levied at the rate of 10% on supplies of magistral preparations, officinal products and medicines or pharmaceutical products intended for use in human medicine and covered by the ma…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Commission des clauses abusives

Article R822-21

…n may be asked for its opinion when, in the course of proceedings, the unfair nature of a contractual term is raised. The competent judge shall ask the Commission, in a decision that is not subject to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-23

Where approval of the merger by the extraordinary general meeting of the acquiring company is not required in accordance with II of Article L. 236-9, the information referred to in Article R. 236-22 s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R511-22

The other convertible instruments referred to in Article L. 511-81 that may be used for the allocation of variable remuneration are the only instruments that may be fully converted into Tier 1 core ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article D526-29

A standard form of waiver is approved by order of the minister responsible for the economy. If the beneficiary of the waiver is a credit institution or finance company within the meaning of Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisation to practise for nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area holding evidence of formal qualifications as a doctor issued by one of these States

Article R4131-29

The Director General of the Centre national de gestion, acting on behalf of the Minister for Health, shall rule on the application for authorisation to practise referred to in article L. 4131-1-1 in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R6222-2

A medical biologist present on each site in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of Article L. 6222-6, or another biologist from the medical biology laboratory, is designated as respon…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the contracting authorities

Article R2184-2

The presentation report shall include at least the following information:1° The name and address of the contracting authority, the subject and value of the contract or of the dynamic purchasing system…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the purchasers

Article R2384-2

The presentation report shall include at least the following information:1° The name and address of the purchaser, the subject and value of the contract;2° The award procedure chosen;3° The names of t…

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