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Showing 29512960 of 3314 articles for Art. 18 déc. 2002

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…nd dispensing classification of the medicinal product, as mentioned in the marketing authorisation; 18° For the homeopathic medicinal products mentioned in 5° of article R. 5121-28 the words: "Homeopa…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…and mentioned in Article L. 2342-8 of the same Code, to the equipment mentioned in Article L. 2335-18 of the said Code and to explosive products intended for military purposes mentioned in Article L.…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-7

…R. * 423-18 of this code; c) Notwithstanding articles…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

…pril 2001 relating to the Mutual Code and transposing Council Directives 92/49/EEC and 92/96/EEC of 18 June and 10 November 1992, for their collective operations referred to in article L. 222-1 of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 28: Energy labelling

Article R412-43-1

…pealed) 9° The provisions of Articles 1 to 5 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013 of 18 February 2013, as amended, supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-3

…bodies referred to in Article L. 823-16 of the Commercial Code together and in a concerted manner. 18. The same applies to any communication of material information to the entity's management. Report…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…ncerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway; 5° Regulation (EU) No 181/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on the rights of passenge…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
17° : Tax credit granted for sums paid for the employment of an employee in the home, to an approved association or to an approved body with the same purpose

Article 199 sexdecies

…tion sociale et des familles.The services defined in 2°, 4° and 5° of I and in 8° to 10°, 15°, 16°, 18° and 19° of II of article D. 7231-1 of the Labour Code, in the version in force on 1 January 2021…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R444-3

…ropean Blue Card talent passport and the mobility programme talent-researcher passport are deleted; 18° In article R. 421-26, the reference to the passport talent-researcher-mobility programme is dele…

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