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Showing 26112620 of 3905 articles for Art. Min. éco. 19 Jul 2018 NOR: ECOC1822241S

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4381-47

Apart from the cases provided for by article 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and by articles R. 4381-48, R. 4381-52, R. 4381-79 and R. 4381-80 i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-5

…mber 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life and until 31 December 2018. The implementing rules for the indication of origin referred to in the first paragraph shall b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article R2334-10

…application of the second paragraph of Article L. 2334-25-1, the sums to be taken into account for 2018 are those calculated in accordance with 2° of I of this Article, as well as those calculated in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-2

…owing are authorised to investigate and record infringements of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, of this Title and of those adopted for their application:1° Inspectors fro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production support

Article 422-24

…311-19, to more than 60% of the final production cost of the work; 3° For difficult long-…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for project development

Article 422-20

…311-19, to more than 60% of the final production cost of the work; 3° For difficult long-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-29

…year to which they relate. The budget is accompanied by the documents mentioned in article R. 6145-19. Amending decisions are sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency for approval,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-12

…ication; 4° Which relates to an invention that is not patentable under articles L. 611-16 to L. 611-19 ; 5° Whose subject matter cannot be considered an invention within the meaning of 2 of Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-7

As stated in article 511-19-2 of the French Criminal Code, which is reproduced below:Art. 511-19-2 -The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 Euros:"1° Conserving emb…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-20

The specialised committee referred to in Article L. 823-19 :1° Credit institutions and finance companies whose securities are not admitted to trading on a regulated market and which have issued, conti…

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