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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-8

…product; d) The duration of treatment; e) The number of animals to be included in the trial and the main inclusion criteria; 4° For the veterinary medicinal product to be tested: a) Its name as define…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157

…e income and capital gains from investments made as part of a share savings plan defined in article 163 quinquies D ; however, income from investments made in shares or units in companies that are not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Remuneration committees

Article L511-102

…apply the remuneration policy of the company that controls it within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code.The provisions of this article apply to the venture capital compani…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-4

…of the Regional Health Agency; 2° The decisions of the Director referred to in 1° to 10° and 12° to 16° of Article L. 6143-7 are automatically enforceable upon receipt by the Director General of the R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article R1121-3-1

…s, it is the subject of the agreement provided for in the second paragraph of IV of Article L. 1121-16-1, between the legal representative of the research site and the legal representative of the rese…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

…on payable by the employer, which may not be less than the last six months' salary. Article L. 1235-16 does not apply. In the event of annulment of a validation decision referred to in article L. 1233…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289

…ating to mutual assistance similar in scope to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: POWERS

Article L3642-2

…health code.2. Without prejudice to Article L. 2212-2 and by way of derogation from Article L. 2224-16 of this code, the president of the metropolitan council exercises the powers enabling him/her to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30-3

…entioned in 1° which exceeds the compensation ceiling provided for in application of article L. 312-16 ; b) For their deposits that would be eligible for this guarantee if they were not made with bran…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-3

…rticle L. 511-44 and which are not included in the scope of consolidation defined in Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code to which the société de crédit foncier belongs. II. - The loans guaranteed…

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