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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Right of substitution.

Article R5125-54

…5125-23 is as follows: "Non substitutable".For prescriptions issued at the request of a patient for use in another Member State of the European Union, the statement provided for in the first paragraph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disciplinary safeguards

Article R6153-31

The exclusion from service referred to in 3° of article R. 6153-29 is pronounced by the director general of the university hospital centre to which the intern belongs, after consultation with the prac…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R6156-36

…ors or of a specialised committee shall summon any person whom he deems likely to enlighten the discussions, either on his own initiative or at the request of a member of the Board of Governors or of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-4

…essed on a flat-rate basis, in particular in the cases provided for in Article L. 131-4. Fixing the amount of this remuneration takes into account factors such as the human, material and financial inv…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Control of video exhibition revenues

Article A222-2

For each cinematographic or audiovisual work, persons whose business is the publication of videograms intended for the private use of the public must keep an up-to-date document, in accordance with a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2

…d for in I of article L. 125-1-1 is to issue an annual opinion on: 1° The relevance of the criteria used to determine recognition of the state of natural disaster, based in particular on the annual re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-13

…on where the total remuneration calculated in application of that tariff exceeds €100,000 excluding tax. In the case provided for in the first paragraph, the administrator's remuneration, which may no…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 bis

Products subject to duties, taxes, surcharges or other charges, which are contained in imported goods, are subject to compensation taxes which are intended to balance the tax burden with similar produ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for publishing a book in digital form

Article L132-17-6

…author's proportional share of the revenue is calculated on the basis of the retail price excluding tax. In cases where the economic model implemented by the publisher for the exploitation of the edit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R910-3

References to provisions of the General Tax Code are replaced by locally applicable tax law provisions.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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