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Showing 25712580 of 30902 articles for Art. Loi Climat 2021-1104 du 22-8-2021

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article L2393-8

…chapitre Ier du titre IV ou au motif qu'il ne présente pas les garanties s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-88

The production, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, supply, transfer, acquisition or use and, in general, agricultural, craft, commercial and industrial operations relating to substanc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Sampling and official control of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5141-81

…ctor General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may require a company exploiting an immunological veterinary medicinal product to submit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-8

The general meetings of the European Company shall be subject to the rules laid down in Section 3 of Chapter V of this Title in so far as they are compatible with the aforementioned Council Regulation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article R463-8

…irst and second paragraphs of article L. 462-8, the general rapporteur may set deadlines for the production of statements, supporting documents or observations and for their consultation by the intere…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-8

Articles R. 356-9 to R. 356-22 apply to the participating and parent undertakings mentioned respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2. For the purposes of the solvency calcul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies

The parliamentary allowance, defined in Article 1 of Ordinance no. 58-1210 of 13 December 1958 on the organic law relating to the allowances of Members of Parliament and the additional allowances paid…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-8

…mentioned in article 66-5 of the same law; 2° Of the second paragraph of article 15 de l'ordonnance du 10 septembre 1817 qui réunit, sous la dénomination d'Ordre des avocats au Conseil d'Etat et à la…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 F

The rate of the contribution payable for the issue of the statements of formalities provided for in article 8 of the decree of 9 April 1956 on the creation and operation of special mortgage archive ce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-85

The production, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, offer, transfer, acquisition or use of khat and preparations containing or made from khat are prohibited. Exemptions to the above pr…

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