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Showing 49314940 of 5023 articles for Art. 16 juin 2004

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-20

…led under the following conditions by way of derogation from the first paragraph of article R. 5141-16 : 1° Where the application concerns a generic veterinary medicinal product of a reference veterin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…et du travail, in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 129 and Article 130 of the same Regulation;16° The obligation to have professional premises in accordance with Article L. 5142-1-3;17° The obli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-7

I. - Articles L. 5215-16 to L. 5215-18, L. 5215-21, L. 5215-26 to L. 5215-29, L. 5215-40 and L. 5215-42 are applicable to metropolitan areas. For the application of article L. 5211-17, the majority co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book I: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article A1

…studies ; 15° Regional prefects for carrying out the duties of regional road safety observatories; 16° The chairmen of departmental councils for carrying out safety diagnoses of their networks, pursu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-14

…ve are recorded in an extract from the minutes of a meeting of a body referred to in Article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code, the statutory auditor shall ensure that the date of the meeting co…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2671-1

…ree no. 2018-1225 of 24 December 2018R. 2112-14 to R. 2113-6R. 2113-7Resulting from decree no. 2022-1683 of 28 December 2022R. 2113-8In Title IIR. 2121-1 to R. 2121-7R. 2121-8Resulting from decree no.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-48

I. - The nominal value of additional Tier 1 capital instruments and Tier 2 capital instruments or eligible commitments referred to in VII issued by a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 may b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204 H

…out in 1° of this II, the tax credits provided for in A and 3 of E of II of Article 60 of Law no. 2016-1917 of 29 December 2016 on finance for 2017 are not taken into account.The amount of income prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-29

…ies, the statutory auditor shall verify their presence within the corporate governance information. 16. The statutory auditor shall read the information, other than that required by Articles L. 22-10-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93

…le 92 is less, for a calendar year, than the limit defined in the first paragraph of article L. 241-16 of the Social Security Code, capped at 14.5% of the annual amount of the ceiling mentioned in art…

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