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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-24

The application for administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 6211-2 as it read prior to the entry into force of Order No. 2010-49 of 13 January 2010 as amended relating to medical biolo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 terdecies

I. - Loans taken out between 1 September 2005 and 31 December 2008 with a view to financing their studies by persons aged no more than twenty-five and enrolled in a course of higher education entitle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-23-2

…al rental housing benefiting from a decision to grant a subsidy or assisted loan between 1 December 2005 and 31 December 2026, with the exception of new constructions financed (1) by means of loans re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Urban Community

Article L5215-35

…rental housing benefiting from a decision to grant a subsidy or subsidised loan between 1 December 2005 and 31 December 2026, with the exception of new constructions financed (1) by means of loans re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R3115-26

…gin or destination, and in the event of a public health risk within the meaning of Article 1 of the 2005 International Health Regulations, warning measures having been distributed nationally, the comp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 undecies

…ioned in I of this article is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Administrative tax commissions and tax abuse committee

Article 1650

…sioners must be of French nationality or nationals of a Member State of the European Union, be over 18 years of age, enjoy their civil rights, be entered on the local direct tax rolls in the commune,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Responsibilities.

Article R5312-6

…prior and special deliberation by the Board, up to a limit, if any, to be determined by the Board; 18° Appointment of the Statutory Auditors; 19° the internal rules governing contracts, and the compo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 quinquies C

…al wind energy located on the territory of these municipalities as of the publication of the loi n° 2005-781 du 13 juillet 2005 de programme fixant les orientations de la politique énergétique, and co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-25

…tract may not, however, exceed the level of assumption of costs determined pursuant to Decree no. 2018-1345 of 28 December 2018 relating to the procedures for determining the levels of assumption of c…

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