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French General Tax CodeIn force
12. Development tax.

Article 1679 octies

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Implementing provisions

Article R1333-165

The procedures for applying the provisions of this section are defined in decisions of the Nuclear Safety Authority approved by the Minister responsible for radiation protection as regards :1° The reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article R123-274

The checks of the conditions necessary for access to and the exercise of his activity carried out by the registrar of the competent commercial court or court adjudicating in commercial matters are tho…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Greater Paris Metropolis

Article 1656 bis

I. - 1° Les dispositions du présent code, applicables aux établissements publics de coopération intercommunale soumis à l'article 1609 nonies C, apply to the Greater Paris metropolitan area.For the ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Shared functions

Article R6132-16

I.-The support institution is responsible for purchasing policy, planning, strategy and management control for all contracts and amendments thereto. It is responsible for awarding contracts and amendm…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-16

Without prejudice to the exercise resulting from the legal subrogation of the guarantee fund in the rights which the creditor of the compensation has against the tortfeasor or the insurer, the guarant…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-165

The company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product referred to in Article R. 5121-150 may not communicate information relating to pharmacovigilance to the general public about thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-168

I.-Any company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article R. 5121-150 is required to transmit electronically to the European Medicines Agency a periodic safety up…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article R123-287

For the purposes of verifying the status of agricultural worker as defined by article L. 311-2 du code rural et de la pêche maritime, the caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article R4332-16

For the application of Article L. 4332-7, total revenue means the sum of actual operating revenue and actual investment revenue.Actual operating and investment revenue for the regions means all operat…

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